All language subtitles for (1959)TheKillerShrews[ING]

NARRATOR: First
in Alaska and then

Invading steadily
southward, there

Were reports of a new species.

The giant killer shrew.

[THUNDER]

Sure is a lot of
quiet out there.

Almost smell it, can't you?

No, I but I can feel it.

That pressure's dropped so fast
it's almost made my ears pop.

Hurricanes got definite ways
of telling you it's there.

Where is it?

Dead ahead.

What's that mean to us?

Now boy, that puts our port
right in the middle of it.

There's a cove on
the east side though.

We'll snuggle up close to
the bluff and ride it out.

What about the bottom?

Well, the chart shows
it's good holding ground.

It's clay.

You know something?

If this thing had
an automatic pilot,

I wouldn't have to
put up with you.

Then you wouldn't have
nobody to chew out.

We should be there
in a couple of hours.

These mills of
yours keep running.

Look, automatic pilots
can't play dixieland jazz

On their [INAUDIBLE] like I can.

Hey, Rook.

Rook, come here.

Take a look.

There she is, dead ahead.

Man, that sure do look good.

Man named Craigis owns
this island, does he?

That's the name on the
crate, Dr. Marlowe Craigis.

We'll unload tomorrow.

I don't want this crap
sitting high in that water

When that blow hits.

You going to ride [INAUDIBLE]
with a lot of water under?

That's right.

That sea won't make
up in that cove.

That wind will have her
whipping around like a kite.

Step forward and break out
the heavy weather hook.

Check it and make
sure it's free to run.

- I don't mind, sir.
- Good.

Ah, she'll ride like a duck.

If she swings too
far to starboard

We might have to take
a check line to shore.

Hey Rook, take a
slant up that trail.

Now that's a rather strange
set up, wouldn't you say?

Looks like somebody's getting
rid of somebody, huh captain?

Maybe.

Hard to tell.

I'm Dr. Craigis.

Thorne Sherman.

I have your supplies aboard.

That's good.

Nothing wrong with Captain
[INAUDIBLE], I hope?

I wouldn't know.

I just bought his run.

Oh, I see.

Well, [INAUDIBLE] order?

Everything on the list.

Here's the manifest.

Missing last week's supply
has run us a little short,

You know.

Captain, after
you have unloaded,

I have a passenger for you.

Ann.

Captain Sherman, this is
my daughter, Ann Craigis.

Hello.

So you're the passenger.

That's right, Captain.

Well, it's going to be
nice having you aboard.

I'm getting a little tired
of looking at Griswold.

But we're, uh, we're
not leaving today.

In fact, we're not
even unloading.

That load will cut
the roll in half.

You expecting an invasion?

Yes, animals.

Game or otherwise?

Under certain conditions
it could be dangerous.

Hey Rook, you want to shake the
kinks out, limber up a little?

Not me, Captain.

You go right ahead
and stretch your legs.

That ship's going to be
bucking like a bucking bronco

Before long.

Besides, I got some
work left to do.

If you do come
ashore, wear a gun.

Got you, Captain.

When I told you
about the hurricane,

You acted like you didn't
know anything about it.

What's the matter?

Your set broken down?

We have been out of
communication for more than a

Week, Captain.

Can't it be fixed?

It's totally out of commission.

My assistant, Mr.
Farrell, Jerry Farrell.

Father, perhaps the
captain would enjoy a drink.

Well of course.

Will you join us for a cocktail?

Well, I've never been known
to turn down a drink yet.

I'd be glad to accept.

Fine.

In that case we'll
have martinis.

Mario.

Si, senor?

Mix them, please.

Right this way, Captain.

Come in.

You have everything
here you need?

We are self sufficient here.

We have cows for fresh milk
and chickens for fresh eggs.

We even have
[INAUDIBLE] horses.

Sort of a world all your own.

That's exactly what
I've tried to create.

Well, to each his own.

If you have to be
isolated for your work,

You picked a lonely
little island.

Excuse me, please,
I think I'll change.

She's a little
worried because you

Aren't leaving until tomorrow.

Well, I can understand that.

But there's something
else bothering her.

Radford.

Radford.

Radford, would you
please step over here?

I'd like you to meet someone.

Just a second, Doctor.

That could go on for hours.

Dr. Baines.

There's no need to shout,
Doctor, I'm right here.

I'd like you to meet
Captain Thorne Sherman.

This is my other
assistant, Radford Baines.

How do you do?

Two new litters
since lunch, Doctor.

Both support GT116.

That's good, but, uh...

We can breed them to the 205
group in about three weeks.

But I'd prefer to wait and
expose about half of them

To the Hoskins factor first.

If you agree.

Good idea.

Do you know there's
a hurricane coming?

Hurricane?

Well, I don't suppose there's
much we can do about that.

Glad to meet you.

Sherman, was it?

You have to excuse Radford.

Anything that does
not concern his

Project cannot get
through to him.

Brilliant mind.

He would starve to
death if someone

Didn't remind him to eat.

Must be very interesting work.

What's his field?

Biology.

He specializes in
genetics, heredity.

I'm afraid my interest doesn't
run in that line, you know.

Think what would happen if
you could isolate and identify

The inherited
[INAUDIBLE] in each gene.

Now wait a minute.

I'm afraid I'm not very
good with pure research.

This is practical research.

[INAUDIBLE] mammals, the
smaller the size, the higher

The metabolism and
shorter the life span.

Yeah, right.

Well, I'm attempting
to decrease the size

By maintaining a low
metabolism and result

In a longer lifespan.

What reason?

Overpopulation.

Not a problem now, but
it will be in time.

If we were half as
big as we are now,

We could live twice as long
in our natural resources.

Father, may I speak
with you a moment?

Will you please
excuse us, Captain?

Well, providing you
drop the captain.

I prefer Thorne.

Tell me something, Doctor.

Has a hurricane ever hit this
island before that you know of?

I wouldn't know.

We've only been here nine
months and this place

Has been unoccupied for years.

Well have you ever
been through one?

Only the fringes.

Well, this one's
building up very fast.

Pressure drops very
quickly in the center.

I'd advise you to get some doors
and windows open in this place.

Ventillators in the roof.

And if you'll freshen Ann's
drink I'll go and check them.

I'd be happy too.

Thank heavens
you arrived today.

Why, are rations getting short?

No, it's more than that.

Much more.

We'll surely be able to
sail tomorrow, won't we?

Possibly.

But not probable.

Not until late, anyway.

Takes a long time for a sea
like that to quiet down.

Well if you're worrying
about me, you needn't.

I'm a good sailor.

Oh, I'm not worried about you.

We'll sail when
the time's right.

Got them opened all right.

Oh, Captain, let me
freshen you a drink.

One for the road.

Not trying to rush you,
but it will be dark soon.

I've invited Thorne
for dinner, father.

Oh?

I see.

If you're not worried about
your ship, you are welcome.

I'll take a rain
check on that dinner.

If you wish.

Father.

I've asked Thorne to stay.

Progress, Doctor.

This is the sole
survivor of group 30.

28 months old today.

Well that's equivalent
to 140 years to us.

That's right.

Yet it still maintains
low metabolism

Without any sluggishness.

It's not a breakthrough, but
it certainly sets our course.

Radford, suspend
series 52 through 96

And we'll concentrate
on the rest.

What is that?

It's a sorex soricidae.

Looks like a small rat.

Smells like a skunk.

They have musk
glands [INAUDIBLE].

These little fellas
are our subjects.

They have a birth cycle of
10 to 14 days and using them

We can establish traits.

We can trace the
progressions through a number

Of generations over a
short period of time.

Well how big do they get?

That's an adult.

See, the muzzle is long
and thicker than a rat's.

It extends over the
lower mandible, see?

Does he bite?

Only when he is hungry.

Well, maybe you'd
better take him.

He doesn't know me.

All he knows is his next meal.

He's just been fed.

He'll be all right for
another eight hours.

[CRASHING]

[SCREAMS]

A shutter blew open.

Radford.

I got it, senor.

Don't let that scare you.

It's going to get worse.

Storms always frighten her,
ever since she was a child.

They are not climbers.

They are digging
animals, like the mole.

They feed only at night
unless they are starving.

And when they are
hungry enough, they'll

Tackle anything
regardless of size.

No kidding.

If you leave two of them in a
cage for 12 hours without food,

The stronger will
eat the weaker.

Like cannibals.

Precisely.

You see, their intense
activity requires

A tremendous amount of energy.

To supply, they must eat three
times their own weight in food

Every 24 hours or starve.

Radford.

Radford, would you
please take this?

Take him.

Some call them bone eaters.

When the flesh is gone, they'll
eat the bones for marrow.

All they leave are
teeth, horns, hooves...

I could use another martini.

Do you mind?

Of course, my dear.

I'll get you one.

There you are.

Mario?

Mario.

[SPEAKING SPANISH] Mario
will show you to the bath

And you will freshen up a bit.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

Excuse me.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

You got a problem too?

Que paso?

[SPEAKING SPANISH] But you
will leave on the ship tomorrow.

Well, I think that all depends
on the wind and the sea,

Don't you?

Si.

Si senor.

I don't know.

Ah, [INAUDIBLE].

I feel the point.

I see.

Well, I'm glad to hear that.

Now if anybody else is
concerned about my sailing

Tomorrow, why, you see they
feel the point too, huh?

I don't like to repeat myself.

OK, senor.

I know, but I'm not saying
that you created them, Jerry.

I am saying that because
of your drunken stupidity

In leaving the
cage door open, you

Created the horrible
situation that now exists.

Look, Ann, this is a mistake
any one of us might have made.

And I'm getting a little
sick of being called

An irresponsible drunk,
now believe me I am.

Excuse me.

Care for a cigarette?

Thanks.

And thank heavens
you arrived today.

You said that before.

What's the strain?

If I don't make sense,
please excuse me.

But it seems like everything
is coming to a head at once.

Oh?

I want to leave, but I want
my father to go with me.

Well then, why doesn't he?

We've discussed it many
times, but he's adamant.

I'm sure Jerry has a lot
to do with his decision.

He tried to convince
me that the crisis

Will only last for a few...

Well.

This is certainly a
cozy little scene.

Might even be called intimate.

Boy meets girl...

Stop it, Jerry.

That remark is uncalled for.

What I do or have to say
does not concern you.

I can't disagree with
you more, my dear.

I'm concerned with
everything you do

And I intend to
keep it that way.

Now on my book an engagement
isn't a casual thing.

In my book it isn't either.

And last night ended ours.

[SHREWS CHATTERING]

[GUNSHOTS]

[THUNDER]

[THUNDER]

[SHREWS CHATTERING]

Help!

Help!

Captain Thorne!

Somebody help!

Help, Captain Thorne!

[THUNDER]

Be reasonable.

Everybody in the world is
scared to death of something.

That's evident.

When they came at
us last night you

Knocked me down getting
inside the fence.

It's just that I
can't stand them.

And I've discovered
something I can't stand.

All right.

But I advise you not to
mention it to anyone.

I'm going to complete these
experiments with your father

Regardless of anything,
do you understand that?

Nobody is going to take
this chance away from me.

Where's Captain Sherman?

Checking the weather.

I'll get him.

Captain?

Time for dinner.

[SHREWS CHATTERING]

Help!

Somebody!

Help!

Help me!

No!

Somebody!

Help!

[GUNSHOTS]

Help!

Somebody help me!

Help me!

[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMING]

[THUNDER]

Well, a miss as good
as a mile, I always say.

And if one of those
trees crashes through

It might just knock the whole...

Look, any tree on
this side of the house

Will fall away from
us, so just relax.

But I think I'd
better go back aboard.

Don't think I'm not grateful
for your hospitality.

I am.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Thorne.

Your ship is safe.

Please, stay here with me.

Why?

You scared or lonesome?

Both.

I'll take a rain check on it.

Thorne.

You can't leave.

No one opens that
gate after dark.

Well, who's going to stop me?

You?

With this.

No one opens that gate at night.

[SHREWS CHATTERING]

Look, I don't ask
questions because it's

Against my principles.

But wouldn't you
like to explain that?

All right.

Sit down and I will.

Give me the gun.

Not very becoming, anyway.

Do you believe in fairy tales?

Well, I'm a little old
for that sort of thing,

But what did you have in mind?

Well I'll tell you about one.

A true fairy tale, and you're
right in the middle of it.

Oh?

Have you ever heard of a shrew?

As in "Taming of the"...

No, the animal.

Radford called them
sorex soricidae

When he showed you one.

Well, then shrew must
be the common name

For those cute little animals.

Cute?

That's the last word
you can use to describe

Those little monsters.

They're the most
horrible animals

On the face of the earth.

As father told you, they breed
within three weeks after birth.

Their lifespan is one year.

Yeah, I know what
your father told me.

But what's that got to do
with me opening that gate?

There are 200 or 300
giant shrews out there.

Monsters weighing between
50 and 100 pounds.

50 to 100... wait a minute.

You must be kidding.

I'm definitely not kidding.

That's as big as
a full grown wolf.

And what's more, they
are beginning to starve.

No wonder you didn't
want me to go out there.

Thanks for saving my skin.

And I'm sorry I had to
threaten you with a gun.

But I didn't know
how else to stop you.

It was very effective.

But all you had to do
was tell me about them.

I hoped I wouldn't have to.

But you changed everything
when you started to leave.

And I had to stop you some way.

You say there's 200
or 300 out there?

Ann.

That's right, Captain Thorne.

And if you'd stuck
with your row boat

And played captain instead
of trying to play detective,

You wouldn't have to worry
about how many are out there,

Would you?

That's enough, Jerry.

What's wrong, Ann?

Thorne decided to leave.

To dissuade him I started to
tell him about the shrews.

He might as well know the
whole story as half of it.

I guess we're all a
little jumpy, captain.

I'm sorry.

Six months ago we
managed to isolate

The path to controlling size.

Two litters were born.

Six individuals kept for study.

They were about the size
of buckshot at birth.

But the rate of
growth was abnormal.

They continued to grow and grow.

They were mutants.

But they inherited all the
negative characteristics

Of their breed.

Somehow they managed to escape.

About a month later we saw
one of their offspring.

They were multiplying.

We did everything in the
world to exterminate them,

But no apparent luck.

Then we haven't seen any since
daylight blinds them and they

Forage only at night
unless starving.

But the fact that two of
them charged Ann and Jerry

At the gate last
evening indicates

That their available food on
the island is nearing depletion.

Then what, Doctor?

They will exterminate
each other.

It will take a couple days.

And what do we do
during that time?

Stay indoors and
wait until it's over.

I guess some wires blew
down on the transformer.

I'm sorry.

I'll get some lamps.

Mario.

Mario.

Si, senor?

There's a lantern
in the pantry.

Light it and bring it in here.

Radford, light all the
candles you can find.

All right, I will.

Where's the generator?

Outside.

Can't get at it at night.

Here, let me help.

A lantern will give you
all the light you need.

I will join you shortly, Jerry.

[THUNDER]

Well, Jerry, I
felt she was sincere

And made sense from
her standpoint.

Wanting her father to leave
the island with her makes sense?

It'd be much better
for the project

If I went with her
for a few days.

As a matter of fact, I think
I'll talk to Doctor about that.

That might be the answer.

And another thing, I don't take
much to this Thorne Sherman.

He looks to me like the type
that would try anything.

That left handed
dinner invitation.

That was just to keep me here
until after dark, wasn't it?

I wanted you here tonight.

I thought something terrible
was going to happen.

Do you still feel
the same way about it?

Not as much.

Not since you're here
and know everything.

[SHREWS CHATTERING]

[HORSE NEIGHING]

I love an open fire, don't you?

Mm-hmm.

The wind has a lonesome
sound, doesn't it?

Sure does.

Back in Sweden we don't
have a wind this strong.

You're a strange man, Thorne.

I never met anyone like you.

Oh?

You seem so disinterested
in everything.

Aren't you the
least bit curious?

Don't you wonder about the
unusual things around here?

The guns, the fence, shattered
windows, my accent, anything?

I'll tell you something.

I'm only interested in
anything that concerns me,

Then I do something about it.

[HORSE NEIGHING]

You're going to sail with me
tomorrow whether your father

[INAUDIBLE].

[HORSE NEIGHING]

Thorne, no!

Father!

Rad!

Out there.

I don't think he
was going out, Jerry.

I couldn't take a chance.

He's fool enough to.

Don't be stupid.

I had no intentions of
going out there and opening

That gate unless
somebody needed it.

Did you hear it, Doctor?

Sounded like a human voice.

I was thinking of Rook.

It was the livestock.

The shrews got into the barn.

What was it, father?

The livestock.

Did Mario forget
to bar those doors?

No.

I put them in the barn myself.

They couldn't get
through the wood doors.

They dug through the dirt floor.

Let me ask you
something, Doctor.

How could you expose all our
lives, yourself included,

With those things out there?

All you had to do was get
the Coast Guard or the Navy

To come in here
and burn them out.

Those things got loose...

Any unusual experiment can
produce unusual results.

That's why I chose this island.

It's isolated.

Miles of open water
in any direction.

Our project is
privately financed.

It's not a product for the
government or military.

And the world is no danger.

This species does not swim.

And as far as the
shrews are concerned,

This island is their world.

Very soon, right
here on this island,

There's going to be a
miniature reproduction

Of an overpopulated world.

And you'll see the importance
of what we're working to avoid.

I'm not concerned
about all this theory.

What I'm concerned
about is our lives.

There'll be ample time to
panic when they run out of food

And go on a 24 hour forage.

How do you know
they haven't already?

That's possible.

Their main diet has been
small animals on the island.

That source could have been
depleted 18 or 20 hours ago.

And that's why they went
after the livestock.

There's still some
food on this island

Before they reach the crisis.

Where?

No worry about them
digging in here.

The floors are tile.

But the walls aren't, Doctor.

They're adobe.

Our safest bet would
be on that boat.

You may be right.

You can reach your
boat in daylight.

The shrews will gorge
themselves on livestock.

That will keep them
lethargic for several hours.

There's no sense
looking at the dark side.

And there's no sense
minimizing a serious situation.

It leaves you completely
unprepared to cope with it.

Now we certainly
can't make it tonight.

That's out of the question.

Maybe tomorrow.

I have it.

We'll get some sleep
tonight, but we'll

Have a watch, an hour
and a half apiece.

Doctor, you go first, and
then Radford, Mario, Jerry,

And then me.

Shutter all the windows.

Make sure they're
locked good and tight.

Check all these walls.

Come now.

No, I think I'll
stay here by the fire.

I feel safer.

I couldn't stand it
in that room alone.

All right.

As you wish.

But try to get some sleep.

I will.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Senor Farrell, it is Mario.

You are next to
make the patrol, no?

(SLURRING) Sure,
Mario, come on in.

Been waiting for you to finish.

I must have dozed off.

You kind of startled me.

Sit down.

Here.

Have a drink.

It'll help you to relax.

Gracias, senor.

Sit down.

Rest a while.

You just checked every room
in the house, didn't you?

Si.

Fine.

You're a good man, Mario.

A man that can be trusted.

You know what I've been
thinking about, Mario?

Ann and that captain.

You and me.

Imagine an intelligent
girl like her going

For a common sea tramp like him.

I know why.

You do too.

In case anything
goes wrong she's

Looking out for her own hide.

That's why I keep
thinking about you and me.

Anything goes wrong, we're
going to outlast them all.

[THUNDER]

I'm going to trust
you to take my turn

At patrolling the house.

But when you finish,
don't wake the captain.

Come back here and get me.

I'll probably feel good enough
by then to take his turn.

OK, Mario?

Si.

OK.

[SHREWS SQUEAKING]

Senor, it is Mario.

Mario.

Come on in.

What is it?

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

A shrew in the cellar?

Si.

I hear him [INAUDIBLE]
down there.

Well how did he get in?

The [INAUDIBLE]
the kitchen window.

But I close it off.

He went down there.

Why should he go down there?

The food for the [INAUDIBLE].

I [INAUDIBLE].

They love it.

Well did you tell Jerry?

No, senor.

He [INAUDIBLE] your turn next.

Here is [INAUDIBLE].

We kill him, no?

Yeah.

Ann.

Ann, wake up.

A shrew got in.

It's all right.

He's down in the cellar.

Now, we're going down after him.

But I don't want
you to let anybody

Open that door
until I tell you to.

You understand?

Good girl.

OK.

Open it just a crack.

Open it.

Hold on to it.

OK.

Take that side.

Mario?

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

You see anything?

I see where he was.

I do not see where he is.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

Si, senor.

I will be careful.

[GUNSHOT]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

Here, let me fix that.

[SHREW SQUEAKING]

[GUNSHOT]

You all right down there?

Doctor, get down here quick.

Mario!

He... he's dead.

Dead?

I got this on him right away.

He couldn't have bled to death.

Might as well let go of it.

Won't do him any good now.

What could have killed him?

I'm not certain.

Until the autopsy.

Hemotoxic syndrome.

I'm afraid so.

We'll know after pathology.

Doctor, that's not the
same animal you showed me.

That's a monster.

As I said, they are mutants.

In controlling the
size factor, we

Seem to have crossed some of
the other characteristics.

Well, you certainly
did a good job of it.

I've known that for
some time, Captain.

Would you please give
me a hand with Mario?

Radford, bring up the animal.

Extremely high poison
content in the shrew's saliva.

Mm-hmm.

Now compare it with this.

Careful count isn't necessary.

Any indication the same
poison in Mario's blood

Will give you the answer.

Yes, you're right.

Look, Ann.

Brooding about it's not
going to do any good.

Now why don't you try to
think of something else?

Tell me, what do
you do around here?

Are you a scientist?

I'm a zoologist.

Oh?

That's the study of
animal life, isn't it?

Well, do you specialize?

What do you specialize in?

[INAUDIBLE].

I had a hand in this too.

I'm partly to blame.

[SHREWS CHATTERING]

[INAUDIBLE].

If we ever get off
this island, I'll

Never have anything
to do with it again.

What will you do?

Live normally, like
normal women do.

May seem a little dull after
the life I've been living.

But I'd rather dull and
alive than excited and...

I'd take a dull alive
woman every time.

Say, Thorne.

The autopsy has proved
what we suspected.

Several weeks ago I concocted
the most virulent poison

I could with the
materials I had at hand.

I put it out as bait.

Mario was killed by poison.

Doctor, I wonder if you
thought the system of the sorex

Enabled them to
assimilate that poison.

It remained in the salivary
glands of their jaws.

Isn't that wonderful?

I am sorry.

Of course I always speak from
the clinical point of view.

Well, don't you have something
to counteract that poison?

Once Mario was bitten I'm
afraid there's nothing anyone

Could have done.

This indicates that we cannot
afford to get even so much

As a scratch from these animals.

They're more
poisonous than snakes.

What, do you think
they're all effected?

Best way to find
out is let them all

Bite you and see which
bites you die after.

We might just all get
that chance, Jerry.

You included.

Doctor, I've closed all
the doors in the house.

I suggest we do the same thing
with this hall and this lab.

It'll cut down the
chances of getting

In the front of the house.

I think if we keep a close
watch on those walls and windows

In there, we might
make it until daybreak.

The walls are two feet thick.

Do you think they have
a chance to dig in?

Of course there's a chance.

Anywhere that plaster's off,
that adobe's as soft as mush

Where that rain hit it.

[SHREW SQUEAKING]

It's not a bad idea, Doctor.

But here's another
possibility, Doctor.

It's very light out.

It's going to be daylight soon.

We take the shrew
that killed Mario

And throw it over the
fence and use it for bait.

If they show up for it, of
course the run for the boat's

Out.

But if they don't,
then I'll go down

And have Rook lay
too with the lighter.

Then I'll return to
the bend in the trail

And give you the
all clear signal.

Sounds fine, Captain.

Good, then you
explain it to the rest.

Yes, I will.

Well, the bait's been
out there 20 minutes.

Nothing's touched it.

Even the wind has gone down.

Isn't that wonderful?

I'm afraid it's
not over, my dear.

It's just a lull.

There'll be a lot more.

He's right.

I'll be back at
the bend shortly.

Now you watch for my signal.

You can't go alone.

I'll go with him.

Not you, father.

You haven't even fired a gun.

Take Rad or Jerry.

Sure, I'll go.

And you'll be sure
of getting a signal.

Don't shoot that gun
unless you have to.

We've only got 20
rounds all together.

I know that as well as you do.

Sherman.

You stay away from her.

Do you have that
gun pointed at me?

Right at the
middle of your back.

Look, we got enough problems
without worrying about Ann.

I'm telling you,
stay away from her

Or when the shrews
get through with you,

They won't even find a buckshot.

[SHREWS CHATTERING]

Hey, Rook!

Hey, Rook!

Rook!

[WHISTLES] Where's the skiff?

I'll follow that check line.

I've got to find him.

Since last night you
won't find much of him.

Would you shut up?

I'm not going back.

You what?

I'm staying here.

All right.

You suit yourself.

But if I were you, I'd
swim out to that boat.

Can't swim.

Then stay here.

Wait a minute.

You've got to give me a gun.

Give you a gun?

Sherman, wait!

This is the gun
we had on the boat.

They don't leave much, do they?

Sherman, we've got
to make a deal for...

[SHREWS SQUEAKING]

What is it?

Shh.

They've been trailing
us on both sides.

Where?

I didn't see anything.

Look, Sherman, you've
got to give me a gun.

All right.

Whatever you do, don't you run.

And you stay in front of me
because I don't trust you.

[SHREWS CHATTERING]

They're coming!

Open the gate!

Open it!

[GUNSHOT]

Open the gate!

Open the gate!

Open up!

Let him in!

Jerry, open the door!

[GUNSHOT]

[INAUDIBLE].

Sherman!

The shrews were out there!

I couldn't take a chance!

[MEN YELLING]

For heaven's sakes.

Doctor, stop him!

All right, didn't he have
it coming or didn't he?

What happened out there?

Oh, nothing much.

Jerry just tried to kill me
twice in the last five minutes.

Rook came ashore last night.

He's dead.

This is all that was left.

Won't do us any good.

It's got no ammo.

I'm deeply sorry, Captain.

I wish he had
followed your orders.

Look, Doctor, you
casually mentioned animals.

You didn't explain to us what
we were facing out there.

You have every right to
feel the way that you do.

My mistake was only mine.

It was one of judgment.

I didn't know about
the hurricane.

I didn't anticipate the effect
it would have on the shrews.

I thought the house would
be safe through the crisis.

How could you expose
your own daughter?

How could you
expose Ann to that?

She was going to leave last
week, but the boat didn't come.

I need a drink.

Anybody else care for one?

I could use some coffee.

I'll make some.

Thank you, Ann.

Cream and sugar?

[SHREW CHATTERING]

Oh, my leg!

[GUNSHOTS]

Slam the door!

You all right, Doctor?

He just ripped my
trousers, that's all.

Are you sure that's all?

I'm completely
aware of it, Doctor.

I'll kill them!

[GUNSHOTS]

That was a stupid
waste of ammunition.

Every one of them a clean miss.

There's still four
of them in there.

How did they get in?

Through that kitchen window.

That rope must be rotten.

It's got him!

Radford!

He's dead.

Oh, no!

He recorded every
symptom and reaction.

Right up to the
moment of his death.

Jerry, tear down one of
those drapes and cover him up.

Sure.

Sure.

Craigis will cover Ann
and I'll cover him.

You'll cover me.

But who'll cover you?

Shut up.

We can get on [INAUDIBLE].

I told you to shut up.

Now you stop
snivelling and think.

It'd take a tank to
get us out of here.

Thorne!

There!

[SHREW SQUEAKING]

Won't take them long
to dig around this.

You're right.

No telling where else
they're digging too.

[GUNSHOTS]

Come on. [INAUDIBLE].

There's not enough stuff here
to barricade those walls.

I'll tell you what, pile some
of those crates up over there.

That roof's our last chance.

Help me, Doctor.

Find something light.

All right.

Here, [INAUDIBLE] Doctor.

Jerry, see if you
can find some rope.

Doctor.

Yes?

Use these chemical
drums as tanks.

Individual tanks.

Here, I'll show you.

Set it down now.

Slow.

All right.

All right?

Yeah.

It'll work.

It'll work.

But these drums are
too tall for the base.

If the shrews don't push
us over, the wind will.

Not if we lash them together.

Are there any more around here?

Only that one over there.

Have any [INAUDIBLE] chisels
or hammers or anything

I could knock a hole in here
and make [INAUDIBLE] pieces?

There are some tools
over there in the corner.

Hey, here's another one.

Get that out there.

Hey, even better.

Give me a little more slack.

Get some rope and put it on
that latch so we can [INAUDIBLE]

From the ground.

[SCREAMS]

[SHREW SHRIEKING]

Now hold this in.

All right.

All right.

We're all set.

Look, it's going
to be rough, but we

Should be able to duck
walk to the beach.

Where's Jerry?

There's a lot of
them out there.

I can see them.

I'm not going.

Look, come down here!

That wind will blow you
right off that roof.

I told you, I'm not going.

I'm staying here.

We've got to get him
down here somehow.

Ann, see if you can
coax him down here.

Jerry, Jerry please
come down with us!

No.

Ann, they'll get you
if you go out there.

Come down here, you fool!

Poor devil.

I hope he makes it.

We can't leave.

He's not responsible
for himself.

We have to go now.

All right, Doctor.

Now hold it up.

Everybody ready?

I'm going to open that gate.

Ready.

Ready.

OK, here they come.

Hold on.

Hold on.

[SCREAMS]

Ann, what's the matter?

Your side's dragging.

You want to rest?

You tired?

[SPEAKING SWEDISH]

What'd you say?

She says she's all right.

She's keeping her eyes closed.

All right.

Keep your eyes closed.

They can't get at
you through the slit.

This empty drum is
too heavy for her.

I can barely hold up my side.

I'll be all right in a minute.

All right.

You walk.

I'll drag for a while.

Listen.

Don't let their head get under.

They'll flip us over.

[GUNSHOTS]

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMS]

He got my foot!

Check your foot!

No, my foot is free
but he got my boot.

Is there a scratch?

No.

Not a mark.

[GUNSHOT]

Keep moving.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Thorne, I don't think I...

What?

Sand!

We're at sand!

Sand, we're close!

We'll hit the water soon.

Doesn't sound like they're
following us anymore.

We'd better walk deeper.

I'm about drowned out.

OK, let's swim for it.

OK.

[SPEAKING SWEDISH] We
are safe, aren't we?

I mean, the storm.

Oh, sure.

She rode out the
first half all right,

And that's always the roughest.

Anyway, riding an anchor
out will give me a chance

To learn a little bit more
about that Swedish accent.

In 24 hours, there'll be
one shrew left on the island.

And he'll be dead of starvation.

An excellent example
of overpopulation.

Well, you know
something, Doctor?

What's that?

I'm not going to worry about
overpopulation just yet.