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[dramatic music]

[music continues]

[beeping]

Blue Dolphin.

This is Blue Dolphin.

The rainbow ends at four fathoms.

Am suspect.

Get this first time, no repeat.

Laser ready. Quail picking up contact.

Something top level happening, July.

You must stop it or many will die.

Hurry. Hurry!

How much information did the agent get out?

We don't know.

What do you mean, you don't know?

He bit into a cyanide capsule before we could get to him.

That's too bad. It's too very bad.

Does that mean that you're going to call the attack off,

and not go through with it?

Nothing will change.

Quail, suppose he told him about our plan?

It's a calculated risk, Mr. Ives.

You came to me with your problem.

You wanted me to deliver the absolute weapon

deadly, silent, accurate to a distance of 3,000 miles.

Yes, without a trace of how it operates,

or who pulls the trigger.

And I delivered that weapon.

But how I deal with the risks involved

is no concern of yours.

Just as it is no concern of mine

as to how you deal with your political opponents.

You did make the deposit?

Oh yes, as agreed, 10 million in gold.

Uh, in a Swiss bank.

The account number will be handed over to you

after the assignment is completed.

I'm sure it will. Precisely.

So then you and I are on the line for big stakes,

aren't we, Mr. Ives?

Double security at all checkpoints from now

until the final countdown. Nobody comes in or goes out.

Nobody.

Yes, Mr. Ives, you have no reason to worry.

Your little spectacular will go off exactly as planned,

exactly on schedule,

July the fourth,

six PM...to the second.

[theme music]

[Man] It looks good at NASA One.

[Man 2] Roger.

- [Man] BCS Arm switch is on. - [Steve] Okay, Victor.

[Man 2] Landing Rocket Arm switch is on.

Here comes the throttle. Circuit breakers in.

[engine whooshing]

- [Steve] We have separation. - [Man 2] Roger.

[Man] Inboard and outboards are on.

I'm comin' forward with the side stick.

- [Man 2] Looks good. - [Man] Uh, Roger.

[Steve] I've got a blow out, damper three.

[Man 2] Get your pitch to zero.

[Steve] Pitch is out! I can't hold altitude!

[Man] Correction, Alpha Hold is off.

Turn selectors--Emergency!

[Steve] Flight Com, I can't hold it!

She's breaking up! She's breaking--

[explosion]

[monitor beeping]

[Rudy] Steve Austin, astronaut.

A man barely alive.

[Oscar] We can rebuild him.

We have the technology.

We can make him better than he was.

Better, stronger, faster.

[heart pounding]

[theme music]

[bright music]

[Balsam on recording] Am suspect.

Get this first time, no repeat.

Laser ready. Quail picking up contact.

Something top level happening, July.

You must stop it or many will die.

- Hurry. Hurry! - [beeps]

Many will die?

Obviously one already has.

And he was our last chance.

It's been two years, Steve.

That's how long we've been trying

to track down this man, Quail.

Black market arms, gold smuggling, you name it,

he was at the top of it.

And the rainbow ends at four fathoms?

No, that's a special code.

The month of July is the fourth fathom.

Balsam was the first of our men

who was able to find out who Quail is and tip us off

when he plans to strike again.

But strike at what?

I don't know. Quail is there.

The plan is there.

The date in July.

And why the laser?

The information's all there, Steve.

Oh, sure it is.

Inside the head of a dead man.

Everything you'd want to know about a man named Quail,

a man nobody's ever seen before.

There's a time bomb hanging over our heads.

And Quail has already lit the fuse.

Oscar, call in the army, the international police.

Impossible.

His base is in a neutral country.

We've tried through diplomatic channels.

But, uh, we haven't been successful so far.

All right, what's the odds?

Not too good.

Even with special training,

and all the help that we can give you,

you're still on your own against Quail

and his organization.

I don't know what your chances are, Steve.

But I do know this.

You've got to break through and stop Quail.

[dramatic music]

The point of landing, Steve,

will be near a fjord.

Along this stretch of beach, the northern tip of Norway.

[Steve] How do I get in? By boat or parachute drop?

Submarine.

Submarine?

[Oscar] Submarine.

Quail has a radar net that picks up

anything that moves above the surface

along a 10-mile radius.

And then I swim in?

No, we're gonna shoot you out

in a torpedo.

This industrial facility, in reality,

conceals an underground heavy water plant.

When you get there, you'll find a complicated system

of pipelines.

They feed directly underground into the mountain

to power the reactor for the laser.

W--where did you get all this information?

Balsam transmitted it to us in an earlier message.

Now, here is a 30-foot-high fence that rings the base

of the entire mountain.

Electrified.

You think I have a chance, Oscar?

Depends on how you make it

through the training program, Steve.

[Joe] All right, Austin, ready?

Go! Come on, pick 'em up!

Pick 'em up! Come on, pick 'em up, Austin!

Pick 'em up! Get 'em up off the ground!

Get 'em up!

Up, up, up!

[dramatic music]

Wonderful, Austin! That's just wonderful.

Your real arm just hit the top of the fence.

If that'd been for real, we'd be goin' to your funeral.

Maybe I should wire it.

All right, take another run!

Let's see if you can stay alive this time. Come on!

Joe, easy.

I wouldn't talk to him like that if I were you.

Look, Mr. Goldman,

I don't care if he can pick me up

and throw me over that fence.

I only know one way to do my job.

All right, Austin!

- [whistle blares] - Go!

Move it up! Up! Pick 'em up!

Pick 'em up! Up, up, up!

Get 'em up off the ground!

[dramatic music]

Great!

That's great! [chuckles]

Don't look too happy.

He didn't clear it by that much.

[Joe] Ready for decompression.

[Steve] Ready when you are, coach.

All right. I'm gonna start the pressure now.

Simulate the firing pressure.

[device hissing]

How is it in there?

Normal so far.

All right, Austin. I'm gonna alter the pressure.

You'll be going up that fjord at 20 fathoms.

[device hissing]

[hissing stops]

All right, how is it now?

[panting]

- Austin? - [tone blaring]

[Austin] I can't breathe.

Heavy pressure against my body.

- Blow the hatch. - Wait a minute.

Wait till the pressure comes down.

[device hissing]

[Steve panting]

Come on, Joe!

60.

- 50. - Joe, come on!

I said hold it!

40.

20.

10.

- All right. Get him out! - H--hurry up!

Open the door!

[panting]

I felt like I was getting the bends.

I'm gonna have to do something about that pressure.

I'd appreciate that, sergeant.

Too fast, Austin, too fast. Slow it down.

Not too strong on a bionic thrust.

[swooshing]

See? You gonna wind up hookin' nothin' but air.

Let the momentum build up for you.

Play it out slow, slow.

Then let it go.

Try it again.

Easy.

Easy.

[swooshing]

Like that, coach?

[Joe] Yeah, like that. Let's do it again.

[Oscar] I'm afraid we can't, Joe.

Time's run out on our little training program.

Tomorrow's the first of July.

[alarm blaring]

[dramatic music]

[sonar pinging]

[Man 1] Target dead ahead.

[Man 2] Target dead ahead.

[Man 1] Range, 12 miles.

[Man 2] Range, 12 miles.

Tide high at 5.9.

Tide high, 5.9.

Three to six westerly swells.

[Man 2] Three to six westerly swells.

[tense music]

All right, your oxygen tank, breather unit,

are all packed for you, for the swim back.

Just relax, Austin.

Let the boys here guide that fish

right up onto the beach.

You'll be on your own. I won't be there to bail you out.

[alarm blaring]

Try to bring the equipment back.

And, um...

one more thing.

Good luck, sir.

Thanks, Joe.

[Man 1] Target dead ahead, at 10 miles.

[Man 2] Target dead ahead, 10 miles.

Ah, we'll see, Oscar.

Steve, if there's any trouble, I mean,

if you should fall into their hands,

try not to reveal your strength.

You may need it for the finish.

Yeah, I understand.

Now, what's the bad news?

All right, sergeant.

[tense music]

[hissing]

Ready for firing.

Range, 10 miles.

Range, 10 miles.

Bearing, 074 degrees.

[Man 2] Bearing 074 degrees.

Fire!

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[sonar pinging]

[whirring]

[Man] Sonar reports, torpedo surfacing, sir.

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[swooshing]

[tense music]

[clanks]

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[Woman on PA] 11:15, area clear.

No intruders.

11:15, area clear, no intruders.

[upbeat music]

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[beeping]

[electricity crackling]

[beeping]

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[electricity crackles]

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[alarm beeping]

[Woman on PA] We are reporting radioactivity

at topside level.

- Sir? - [Woman] ...radioactivity.

Yes? What is it, Root?

Uh, I'm not quite sure, I'm...

I'm getting a radioactive reading here on the screen

from, uh, just outside the mountain.

Well, that couldn't be.

Everything we have is neutralized and contained.

Well, it's, uh, it's coming from inside the fence,

about the third level, where the pipes feed in.

[alarm beeping]

[Woman on PA] We are reporting

radioactivity at topside level.

- We are reporting... - It doesn't make sense.

It makes sense if it was an air drop.

An explosive device could be radioactive.

[Woman on PA] We are reporting radioactivity

at topside level.

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[Woman on PA] Radioactivity is now present at level three.

Dispatch a security unit there immediately.

[Woman on PA] ...is now present on level three.

Security patrol, security patrol,

investigate level three. investigate level three.

Urgent.

[dramatic music]

[metal creaking]

[music continues]

[metal creaking]

[metal creaking]

[tense music]

[Woman on PA] Radioactivity is now present

at the sewer level.

Radioactivity is now present

at the sewer level.

Radioactivity is now present

at the sewer level.

It's moved inside.

[alarm beeping]

Root, you cover the third level from the north side.

I'll cover the south.

- Hurst? - Yes, sir?

Monitor this and keep me in direct contact at all times.

[music continues]

[metal creaking]

[music continues]

[elevator whirring]

- [beeping] - Yes?

[Hurst on radio] Target has moved to section A,

level three.

Alert all security units.

[tense music]

[whirring]

[Woman on PA] Target is preceding to level four.

Target is preceding to level four.

Target is preceding to level four.

[tone beeps]

[upbeat tense music]

[alarm blaring]

Target at checkpoint two.

- Root, get there! - Right.

[alarm blaring]

[music continues]

[Woman on PA] Target now stationary at level five.

Target now stationary at level five.

[Violette] Quail, that fence is 30 feet.

Nobody can vault that high.

But he did get over the fence.

What did security find at the third level

when we first picked up his signals?

Nothing. No sign of entry.

We ran a Geiger counter over the entire area.

Clean.

He had to break in somehow.

And if he could get in, others can.

Maybe you should cancel the attack.

And lose $10 million, simply because one man

was able to break in as far as the corridor?

Seems a bit of an overreaction.

Maybe his people wanted him to be captured.

Why?

He could be carrying an implant

an implant to destroy the laser before it can be used.

A nuclear implant would have set off those sensor devices.

Are we getting any further radiation readings from him

since we locked him into Area R?

Negative.

Then if he is wearing an implant,

those lead walls are blocking the rays

from affecting the laser.

But who is he, Quail? Uh...

How much does he know? Who sent him?

Those are three very good questions, my dear.

And we shall find the answers, I promise you.

[whirring]

My name is Quail.

But I'm sure you know that already.

I think I've heard it someplace.

Your name?

My name?

Oh, I forget. But it'll come back to me.

Who sent you?

Oh, lady, please.

The CIA?

Interpol?

KGB?

Scotland Yard?

All right, I'll give you my name.

And my rank and my serial number.

Well, then you could be shot as a spy,

for infiltrating out of uniform.

[Steve] If there was a war and if you had your own country.

But there isn't, and you don't.

But you could be shot and killed for trespassing

on private property.

Oh, that's how you plan to handle it, huh?

At the moment, I'm curious about you.

You registered a nuclear reading on our scanner screen.

I wanna know what makes you tick.

You're very strange, a very interesting person.

What can I say?

Well, you will, if I have to

authorize an autopsy on you.

Let me.

Ah! Lady! Ah.

Not so over zealous, Violette.

We have plenty of time.

Who sent you?

[scoffs]

[Root] Who sent you?

[Oscar] Steve, if there's any trouble, I mean,

if you should fall into their hands,

try not to reveal your strength.

You may need it for the finish.

Who sent you?

[dramatic music]

[sonar pinging]

[Root] I said, talk!

Who sent you?

Do you hear me?

Now, you talk to me. Who are you?

[tone beeping]

Who are you?

Forget it.

How did you get here?

Who sent you here?

I repeat, forget it.

Where'd you come from? Your name, you talk!

All right, who are you? Who sent you here?

Who are you? How did you get here?

Who are you?

All right... Who sent...

[beeping, whooshing]

[inaudible]

[dramatic music]

[sonar pinging]

[Quail] Test the opening.

[rumbling]

And aim the laser.

The satellite should be in orbit directly over us

in exactly ten hours.

The laser is programmed to fire at precisely that second.

I promised you your little spectacular, Mr. Ives.

And I never break a promise.

You don't seem too enthusiastic, Violette.

Oh, I am.

I only wish I knew more about him.

[rumbling]

Well?

I haven't gotten anything yet.

Oh.

Well, how are we feeling today?

[Steve] Well, the first team couldn't score.

So, I see they brought in the second team.

Oh.

I think you will talk to me.

Leave me alone with him.

[Steve groaning]

Trust me.

I'm an Interpol agent.

Promise you won't get mad if I say I've heard that before?

You're behaving very foolishly.

I think it best that you realize that your cooperation

is necessary. Now!

[groaning]

[Violette] Dolphin, rainbow, end of four fathoms.

No sale, lady.

You could've overheard Balsam use that code signal.

Or you could have forced it from him before he died.

[Violette] I'm warning you.

Now, there really isn't much time.

And you have an important decision to make.

Now, I would suggest that you start making it.

Yes, but what can you lose by trusting me? I...

I need your help. It's happening today.

What is?

A giant laser, bouncing a beam off a satellite.

To where?

- I don't know. - Get the information out.

It's safer.

[Violette] impossible.

All right.

We're going to try it one more time!

Now, I am losing my patience with you!

- How'd they get me? - Radiation.

You set off sensor alarms.

There's something different about you.

What is it?

It's my accent.

Where's the laser?

Top level.

Elevator, end of corridor.

Can you shut off the sensor systems?

What are you saying?

Well, you said to trust you. Prove it.

Now, I can break out of here, but you gotta buy me time.

I'll try.

I must go now. But I don't want to hurt you.

Just touch me. I'll do the rest.

[Violette] All right.

[groaning]

Ugh!

Close it!

[rumbling]

[dramatic music]

[metal creaking]

[music continues]

[rumbling]

[thudding]

[whirring]

[music continues]

[elevator door slams]

[elevator whirring]

[music continues]

[explosion]

[beeping]

[Hurst] Main sensor system's just blown out.

Freeze the laser and follow me.

[electricity crackling]

[dramatic music]

[whirring]

Oh, Violette, I'm so disappointed in you.

[music continues]

[beeping]

[beeping]

[phone rings]

Yes?

He got out.

Bring her.

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[whirring]

All right, hold it.

You seem to have found yourself an ally.

Since you're both so anxious to learn what we're doing here,

I'll let you see for yourselves.

When it's over, I'll take you apart, whoever you are.

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Hurst. Aim and activate the laser.

[rumbling]

[whirring]

[Quail] Since you two comrades have gone to such trouble

to find out what we're doing here,

I think it's only fitting that you know

the full story before you die.

This is a summit meeting, taking place in Paris

at this very moment.

A meeting of the prime ministers of the seven member countries

of the Neutral Sept-Partite block,

gentleman who happen to be diametrically opposed

to the views held by Mr. Ives and his associates.

So you plan to kill them?

I find that wording unfortunate.

But the answer is yes, I plan to kill them.

As the satellite passes overhead into position,

it will be hit by a beam from this laser to bounce back,

and detonate explosives planted inside the embassy,

where this meeting is taking place.

Hurst, give me the countdown.

[Hurst] Six minutes.

History may refer to this day

as the last of the Fourth of Julys.

- Well, that's a shame. - I beg your pardon?

- I say, that's a shame. - How's that?

Because now that you told me what you're doing,

I'm gonna have to do something about it.

How?

[grunting]

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Root!

Get them.

Oh! I still don't understand.

How did you get out of that cell?

Never mind. I programmed the laser to self destruct.

How soon?

When Quail fires it, five minutes from now.

[dramatic music]

Do not concern yourself with trivia, my friend.

They can't escape my men.

[clock beeping]

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[clock beeping]

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- All right, go. - [whirring]

[music continues]

[Woman on PA] Target is climbing to level four.

Target is climbing to level three.

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[gunshot]

[clock beeping]

[gunshot]

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[metal creaking]

Laser on target, sir.

[clock beeping]

Good.

[metal creaking]

[Woman on PA] Target is climbing to sewer level.

Target is climbing to sewer level.

[clock beeping]

[metal creaking]

[music continues]

[sonar pinging]

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Don't! It's an electric fence.

We're trapped.

No! No, please don't.

Stand back.

[electricity crackling]

Come on.

[music continues]

All right, get on my back.

Hang on tight now, you hear?

- Oh, yes. - Okay.

[upbeat music]

[music continues]

[clock beeping]

59, 58, 57...

All right, climb in.

Now, here we go.

52, 51 , 50...

Now, take this. Put it on.

Now, just relax and breathe easy.

We have to hurry. We don't have much time.

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43, 42...

39, 38...

- Mr. Ives? - 37...

The prime ministers will be dead in exactly 35 seconds.

34, 33...

[gunshots]

[music continues]

Minus 10, nine, eight...

[gunshots]

Four, three, two, one.

Fire!

[explosions]

[explosions]

[upbeat music]

Joe, come here. Look at this.

The whole mountain's exploding.

No one can survive that.

We better pull out.

- We'll give him five minutes. - Five minutes?

But Austin's gotta swim back, it took ten minutes

for the torpedo to get to the beach.

Five minutes.

We owe him that.

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Mr. Goldman?

I'm sorry, I've got to get underway, sir.

I understand, Captain.

- All ahead, flank speed. - I'm getting something.

- Coming right at us. - What is it?

Torpedo, sir, coming right at us.

- Prepare to dive. - That might be Steve, Captain.

[alarm blaring]

Mr. Goldman...

I can't risk this boat or my men on that chance.

Sir? I'm not getting high-speed propellers.

[sighs]

You win.

Cancel that last order.

It's coming right at us.

[thuds]

Right on top of us.

[banging on metal]

It's him.

Sergeant, let's go.

Prepare the re-entry hatch.

Open the re-entry hatch.

Come on in, Steve.

Atta boy.

Who are you?

[panting] I'm...

A little mermaid I found along the way.

She swims for Interpol.

[laughing]

Well... welcome.

Here, put this on.

[grand music]

I've been on the phone with Washington.

Interpol picked up the survivors at Quail's base.

Quail is still missing.

Not now, Oscar.

[Oscar] The good news is that the...

Uh, that the summit meeting was a huge success.

And I have a tape of your-- of your new assignment, Steve.

I'm very busy, Oscar.

But they, uh...

They want you briefed before arrival, Steve.

I said later, Oscar.

But, colonel, that's Washington talking.

You just can't-- can't tell them to forget

about the whole thing and...

Joe, let me put it this way.

There's a time for business. And there's a time for business.

- You know? - Yes, sir.

Shall we?

You know, I--I never really did get your name.

Oh, you will.

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