Original subtitles

This is my boss,

Jonathan hart, a self-made millionaire.

He's quite a guy.

This is Mrs. H. She's gorgeous.

She's one lady who knows how to take care of herself.

By the way, my name is Max.

I take care of both of them,

which ain't easy, 'cause when they met...

It was murder.

[♪♪]

[♪♪]

[Bugle playing]

[Helicopter approaching]

[Sailors chanting] Hut, one, two, three,

hut, one, two, three, hut, one, two, three...

[Chanting continues]

Welcome back, Mr. Kendall.

If you really want me to feel welcome,

tell me the problems with pandora have been solved.

Well, I wish I could, sir.

When I hired you as my chief radar engineer, redstone,

I was told you could walk on water.

It seems you're just another false prophet.

[Lock beeping]

[Buzzes]

Pandora is a very sophisticated piece of equipment, Mr. Kendall...

Just give it to me straight.

The problem is in the telemetry circuits.

Now, if we could extend the deadline

just a few weeks... That's out of the question.

The Navy plans to test pandora in three days.

If we miss that deadline, the contract says

we have to pay a penalty of $10 million.

I don't have the money.

No way I can get it working by Monday.

Then we can't let the test take place.

Here's what happens.

Pandora gets damaged by accident.

Maybe sabotage.

We blame the Navy and demand a chance to rebuild.

Time to make it work.

No penalty payment, and you get to keep your job.

Washington will order a full investigation.

They'll call in the FBI.

No. I... I don't see how.

Damn it. You're supposed to be a genius!

Find a way!

[Door opens, slams]

[Jennifer] Okay, come on now. Come on, freeway.

[Soft music playing]

[Sighs]

You really look lovely this evening. Well, thank you, darling.

You're playing our song.

Am I? What a coincidence.

Cheers. Cheers.

[Max] Surprise!

Your favorite, Mrs. H.

[Chuckling]

Are we celebrating something I don't know about?

No. It's just my way of saying how happy I am

that we're together, alive, and in the same place.

Ah.

Mm-mm.

No, no. You're up to something.

What do you think about the Navy?

The Navy?

Mm-hmm.

They have lovely uniforms.

[Gasps] Wait a minute.

You got that defense contract.

Not exactly.

My naval reserve unit has been called into active duty.

Just for a few days, Mrs. H.

But why?

I can't tell you that.

Top secret.

National security and all that stuff.

Oh.

Well, I'm gonna miss you.

You're coming with me.

I am?

You're one of the directors of the company, Mrs. H.

I got special security clearance for you

from admiral Springfield.

Well, then you can tell me what you're doing.

No, I can't.

You're just going to have to be an understanding Navy wife.

Do I salute or something?

Or something.

Mmm.

[Instrumental music playing]

Lieutenant commander hart reporting for duty.

Welcome to palms bay.

The officer's lodge is straight ahead and on your left, sir.

Thank you very much. Sir.

[Music continues]

Well, there it is: The Navy ritz.

Afraid no double bunks.

Well, I'm sure you'll manage.

Can you get that?

[Ominous music playing]

[Footsteps approaching]

Smitty, you startled me.

Sorry, Mr. Redstone, just making my rounds.

Everything all right?

Yes, yes, yes, of course.

[Chuckling]

You must be looking forward to the test flight.

Naturally.

Well, good luck.

Thanks.

[Jennifer] There it is.

[Jonathan] Ah, thanks.

Mustn't go without those.

I hate to rush off like this,

but I've got to meet the admiral in ten minutes.

I don't know when I'll be back.

That's all right, darling. I have plenty to do.

Unpack, go do some shopping. Mmm.

By the way, would you pick me up a screwdriver, medium-size?

Sure. Why?

I've got some repair work to do.

Love you.

Bye.

Commander.

Oh. Chief Smith.

- [Both chuckling] - Good to see you.

They told me you were coming aboard.

It's been a while.

Subic bay, bonhomme Richard.

Bonny dick.

You look great. Thank you.

I see you're a civilian like me now.

Yes, I took my pension three years ago.

But you never really left the Navy.

Well, I'm inside, you know. I'm with special security.

How's Dorothy?

Boy, you've got a good memory, sir.

She's fine. Thank you.

Commander, I know why you're here.

I'm on the same project.

There's something I've been wanting to talk to you about.

May be nothing, but... Well, I'm afraid

it's gonna have to wait for a while, smitty,

because I've got a date with the admiral.

Oh, fine. That'll keep.

All right, I'll catch up with you later.

Oh, thank you. Good to see you.

[Ominous music playing]

[Knocking]

Lieutenant commander hart, sir.

Jonathan.

Admiral. Good to have you with us.

It's good to be back, sir.

You know Duke vintner, of course.

I certainly do.

Ever since he was an ensign. Nice to see you again, Duke.

Good to see you, Jonathan. You haven't changed.

[Jonathan] Thanks.

Except for the haircut, perhaps.

I'm sorry about that, sir. I didn't have a chance

to get a trim before I came up here.

Oh, that's all right.

We have an excellent barber right here on base.

[Chuckles]

Gentlemen, tell me,

how much do you know about project pandora?

It's all right. You're both cleared.

It's an experimental airborne radar device.

My company has made most of the components, sir,

and it was subcontracted by Kendall electronics.

That's why you're here.

And Duke is here because he's a top test pilot. [Springfield] That's right.

Now, I don't mind telling you gentlemen

that I am not at all happy

with the way this project has been going.

I can't put my finger on it.

But there have been innumerable delays and extensions.

Well, Kendall must have a deadline in their contract, sir.

Monday.

And I want to put that tin box

through the toughest workout that we can devise.

It would help, sir,

if we knew exactly what it was supposed to do.

Well, I'll have Kendall's

project director take care of that.

[Buzzing]

[Redstone] You all know about the American stealth bomber,

a revolutionary plane that does not register on radar screen.

It is, uh,

quite literally invisible to enemy defenses.

Naturally, rival powers are racing

to develop stealth aircraft of their own.

I can assure you they're wasting their time.

Nothing can hide from pandora.

Pandora can detect anything that flies.

Pandora neutralizes stealth,

as this test program will demonstrate.

Thank you.

Thank you. That's all the information

that you're gonna get at this time,

except that tomorrow marks the anniversary

of my graduation from Annapolis,

and my wife is giving me a party at the officer's club.

You are all invited,

and you will all kindly be there with your ladies.

Dismissed.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Ominous music playing]

[Beeping]

[Lock buzzing]

[Footsteps approaching]

You're certain the phone setup will work?

Yeah, yeah. Let it ring once. You hang up.

Call again immediately,

and the place will burst into flames.

All right. Up.

On your feet. Come on.

Smitty? He heard!

All right, give me the gun, Mr. Kendall.

Get the scotch. Get it!

Wait, wait, wait a minute.

Pour it down his throat.

[Smitty] No!

Do it!

No!

[Choking]

[Kendall] More. Come on.

All right. Get his car.

[Smitty coughs]

[Jennifer] Darling, don't you have to go through

some sort of a retraining program?

Well, normally I would,

but I'm here as sort of a technical advisor.

Oh. That's too bad.

I was hoping I'd get to see you marching and drilling.

Oh, nothing violent, nothing violent.

I may need to brush up on the latest hardware.

Duke said he'd check me out on that.

Oh.

[Ominous music playing]

[Duke] You know what they're saying...

That smitty was drunk.

Well, they did find a bottle of scotch in the car, and...

He was reeking with alcohol.

He had a history of alcoholism, but that was a long time ago.

When we were all shipmates,

we got him into a rehabilitation program.

He dried out completely.

Things like that do happen.

You'll know more after the autopsy.

I guess so.

I just can't believe it.

I had to talk to you.

We appreciate you coming by.

Night.

See you in the morning, Duke.

[Machines beeping]

Here's your invitation to the admiral's party.

I'm not a party man, Mr. Kendall.

Well, you're going, just the same.

We both are.

Why?

It's the perfect alibi.

While we're having fun with the admiral,

the pandora project will self-destruct.

A few flowers and pillows

sort of brightens up the place.

Yeah, makes it real nice and cozy.

Mmm.

Where is the screwdriver?

Oh, in that bag over there.

[Jennifer] Darling, you're not gonna start

fixing something right now, are you?

I certainly am.

You have a problem in there? No.

No problems at all.

Everything is going just great.

How about some more Brandy?

No, thanks. Not for me.

Can you come in here and give me a hand?

What are you doing?

Unscrewing the bed.

See, they screw it down to the floor.

Why do they do that?

Well, it's an Old Navy custom.

Stops the pitching and the rolling, huh?

Come on, give me a hand, will you?

On dry land?

Yeah. [Grunts] The Navy...

Never takes chances.

[Both grunt]

There. Yeah.

Nice, huh?

I didn't realize you were such a handyman.

Oh, in an emergency I can get things together.

Oh, yeah?

[Big band music playing]

[Music continues]

[Music ends]

[New big band tune playing]

[Both panting]

I don't know who is harder to please,

you or Duke vintner.

[Jennifer] Oh, I don't know what you're complaining about. I let you lead.

Speak of the devil.

[Duke] Excuse me.

Jonathan, smitty's wife is outside.

She's asking to see you.

Darling.

Will you excuse us? Excuse us.

Hello, Dorothy.

I'm very sorry about smitty.

I'd like to have you meet my wife, Jennifer.

This is Dorothy Smith.

It's a pleasure. I'm terribly sorry.

Would you like to sit down?

Oh. Oh, thank you.

What did you want to talk to me about?

Well, uh, commander, you were always

such a good friend to him, to smitty,

and, uh, you got him off the liquor,

and I just wanted you to know that he didn't let you down.

You do know that they found liquor in his bloodstream?

Yes. And a bottle in the car.

But even when smitty was drinking,

he never touched scotch. He hated it.

And, uh, he phoned me, commander,

about 20 minutes before the accident,

to say he'd be a little late.

He was going over to the Kendall research center.

And he was cold sober. I swear it.

Twenty minutes before he died?

Would you like a drink? A cup of coffee or something?

Oh, no, Jonathan. I think I'd better go home.

Well, we'll try to stop by

before we go back to Los Angeles,

all right, Dorothy?

Thank you.

Nice to have met you.

Thank you so much. I'll see you home, Dorothy.

Jennifer. Jonathan.

Good night, Duke.

[Ominous music playing]

[Music continues]

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking that I'm gonna try to get inside

the Kendall research center.

Why?

I can't get you involved in this, darling.

Darling, I'm already involved.

Besides,

you said the admiral cleared me for top security.

You will probably get me keelhauled,

but all right.

I'm gonna open up pandora.

Pandora?

That's the code name for the secret project.

Probably the most advanced airborne radar system in existence.

Shall we go?

[Big band music playing]

Admiral.

Hello, Mr. Kendall. How are you?

Congratulations. Thank you.

You know my wife, Joan. Uh...

Nice to see you. It's a pleasure to see you.

Chaplain Schultz.

Chaplain, how are you?

Kendall. Hello.

[Music continues]

There it is.

The marvel of military science.

[Phone rings]

[Coin clatters]

Smells like wet paint in here.

Yes.

[Phone ringing]

[Dramatic music playing]

[Music continues]

[Jennifer] There's no water! Where's the main valve?

Over there!

[Siren wailing]

[Jonathan] Let's get out of here.

[Siren continues]

[Radio chatter]

[Indistinct chatter]

The sprinkler system was turned off,

and I think the interior was treated

with some kind of flammable substance.

Somebody tried to sabotage pandora.

I'm ordering a full investigation.

Jonathan, the Navy's grateful to you.

Admiral, the Navy is to blame for this.

My company requested additional security.

We're gonna look into it, Mr. Kendall.

As far as we can tell,

any damage to pandora is strictly superficial.

[Kendall] How can you say that?

Pandora's circuitry is super-sensitive.

Years of work, millions of dollars of equipment.

Washington's gonna hear about this.

Take him home, Jennifer. Put him to bed.

You heard what the admiral said, darling.

That's an order.

Aye-aye, sir.

[Jonathan] Feel better?

Oh, I was frozen to the bone.

Here, try this.

Oh, thank you, darling.

Ooh.

Mmm.

While you were in the shower, I was thinking about smitty.

What about?

Well...

He telephones his wife,

he says he's on the way over to the Kendall compound...

And then he dies.

And the compound conveniently catches fire.

Do you think there's any connection?

Maybe smitty knew

that someone was planning to destroy pandora.

But who?

I think we could rule out any foreign agent.

They'd try to steal it, not destroy it.

Maybe it was a competitor of Kendall's.

Well, if pandora failed to pass the test,

then that would leave the door wide open

for any of Kendall's competitors to come right in

and get a development contract.

I'll call Arnold first thing in the morning

and have him run a computer check

on the companies that lost the bid to build pandora.

Good idea...

In the morning.

You'll have to postpone the flight test, admiral.

I'm taking pandora to my plant,

stripping it down to check out every circuit.

How long will that take?

Three months.

[Kendall] I just can't take any chances.

The reputation of my company is...

[knocking]

Lieutenant commander hart, sir.

Commander hart, would you mind telling us

where have you been the past hour?

I've been at Kendall laboratories

examining pandora.

He has no right to touch that equipment.

He was following my orders, Kendall.

What are your findings?

There doesn't seem to be any internal damage, sir.

Everything seems to be in perfect working order.

That's a highly sophisticated piece of electronics hardware,

a revolutionary concept!

This is a job for experts, like redstone,

not some hotshot pilot.

Commander hart happens to be the owner

and founder of the firm that provided you

with most of your component parts for the project.

Jonathan hart industries.

I didn't connect. I...

I need more time.

I've got everything riding...

She's going up tomorrow, Kendall, as planned.

Mr. Redstone,

as project director, I would appreciate it

if you would be with me tomorrow in ops control.

That won't be possible.

He's going to Washington with a letter from me,

officially protesting your decision.

As you please.

Good day, gentlemen.

Jonathan, are you and your wife free for dinner?

Yes, we are, sir. Thank you.

[Redstone] Why don't you go to Washington?

[Kendall] Nobody's going, but you need an alibi.

I don't understand, Mr. Kendall.

You're gonna rig pandora, make it a bomb.

So when it's activated on the test flight,

the plane blows up.

No, we, we don't have to destroy it.

All we have to do is we let it fail.

Blame it on the fire damage. Not good enough.

With hart's expert testimony.

I can't, Mr. Kendall.

We'll talk about it inside.

Now get to work.

I've let you make me a criminal, Kendall.

I was a man of science.

And a thief. Don't forget that.

That's true, but I'm not a killer.

What about the security guard? Smitty?

You're as guilty as I am.

I'll tell them the truth.

I never meant smitty to die.

But you had a gun.

I still have.

I can rig the bomb myself.

[Gunshot] [Grunts]

Thank you. No wine for commander hart.

Just orange juice.

Remember, you're flying backseat for Duke tomorrow.

That's right. No alcohol before a flight.

Hangar six, 0700 hours.

Yes, sir.

To the project.

The project.

[Instrumental music playing]

[Music becomes ominous]

[Controller] Pandora system installed and a-ok.

Gentlemen.

The test area is now closed to all shipping.

The only aircraft permitted in the area

will be yours with pandora

and a stealth plane piloted by a civilian test pilot.

Naturally, he'll be invisible to the radar observers

on the ships surrounding the test area.

But if pandora does its job, we'll find him.

[Controller] Pandora crew report.

Better get moving. Good luck.

Thank you, sir. Thanks very much, admiral.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Jonathan] Darling, there's no reason for you to wait around here.

It will be almost an hour before we reach the test area.

Oh, that's all right, darling, I don't mind waiting.

I've made arrangements with lieutenant Morrison to take you to breakfast.

You'll be back in plenty of time to see the test.

By the way, you may be getting a call from Arnold

at the office about the rival bidders.

While he's at it, I'm having him check out Kendall electronics.

Will you save a blueberry pancake for me?

[Chuckling] Will you be careful for me?

[Controller over pa] This is pandora control.

Takeoff, seven minutes.

All personnel clear the area.

[Engines starting up]

[Controller] Net report.

Weather conditions stable all the way to test area.

[Woman] Loud and clear. [Man] That's affirmative.

[Man] Pandora one, flight plan for square 32 processing.

[Controller] Pandora one rolling. Begin takeoff check.

[Indistinct chatter]

Well, you all set?

Let's do it.

Pandora one, check completed.

[Controller] Pandora one, you're cleared for takeoff.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Controller] Pandora one airborne, 0711.

Thank you.

Shall we?

[Kendall] I won't take responsibility, admiral.

That apparatus should have been stripped down.

We're saving it as much as we can, Mr. Kendall.

Pandora won't be activated until it enters the test area...

Which will be exactly 43 minutes from now.

I know a little place off the base

that serves the wildest flapjacks.

Oh, really? Sounds great.

I'm with you, lieutenant.

[Duke] Go ahead and give them a read-off, Jonathan.

Pandora one.

Altitude, 22,500.

[Jonathan] Speed, 505 knots.

Heading, 295.

Eta test area...

0800 hours.

Control to pandora one.

Looking good. Out.

[Buzzing]

Operations control.

Sorry. Mrs. Hart just left.

You might catch her at the main entrance.

Hold on. I'll have your call transferred.

Operator,

have this call transferred to the main gate, please.

[Phone ringing]

Mrs. Hart, phone call for you.

Oh. Thank you.

Hello? Arnold.

[Controller] Pandora control to pandora one.

Maintain present airspeed and course. Out.

Do you have any idea how this miraculous contraption works, Jonathan?

I believe the first thing we're supposed to do

is switch it on when we get to the test area.

Yes. Thank you. Thank you.

Something wrong, Mrs. Hart?

Uh, that was my husband's office.

According to our office computer,

redstone was accused of embezzling

at Kendall electronics.

Only, two days before the trial, the charges were dropped.

Sorry. I don't see what you're driving at.

[Sighs] Neither do I.

I just wish I could talk to redstone.

Why don't you?

I can't.

He's on his way to Washington.

Oh, no, ma'am.

Oh, I mean, I couldn't help overhearing the conversation,

and Mr. Redstone's still on base.

Are you sure?

Well, one thing for sure,

he hasn't left this base within the last 24 hours.

He might still be at his office. We'll soon find out.

[Controller] This is pandora control. All systems are nominal.

[Man] Reception level stable.

Please acknowledge, pandora one.

[Controller] T-minus 40.

[Pilot] Stealth target aircraft to ops control.

Approaching test area. Over.

[Man] That's affirmative.

Control to stealth intruder, Roger.

- Maintain radio silence. - [Man] Please acknowledge.

He doesn't answer, ma'am.

Maybe he's at the lab clearing some things out.

Well, we can't call him out there. The line's still out.

Uh, lieutenant, shall we?

We shall.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Duke] Pandora one, come in, control.

[Controller] Stealth target aircraft now entering test area.

You have a go on stage one. Over.

Roger.

Beginning stage one now. Out. That's your cue, pal.

Here we go.

Stage one. [Beeps]

[Man] Pandora one, flight plan for square search is a go.

Looking good, pandora one.

[Man 2] ...Test all on schedule.

[Man] Reading you 5-5, pandora one.

Looking good, pandora one. Pandora one...

Ooh. [Coughing]

This place is a mess. Hmm.

[Ominous music playing]

Look at this, lieutenant.

Scotch.

They found scotch in smitty's car.

His wife said he was here that day.

The admiral should be told about this.

I think so too.

Let's do that.

Wait a minute.

What's that? Looks like blood.

It certainly does.

It trails off back here.

[Gasps]

T-minus 20 minutes, Duke.

Thanks. Pandora one to control.

We'll start counting down at t-minus five. Over.

Roger. Countdown begins 0755. Over.

[Duke] 0755. Roger.

[Beeping]

Hello, operator.

This is an emergency!

I must speak with admiral Springfield.

He's in operations control. Please hurry.

[Buzzing]

Operations control.

Sorry. The admiral isn't available right now.

This is Mrs. Hart.

I must speak to admiral Springfield immediately.

It's an emergency! Hold on, Mrs. Hart.

I'll take it.

Can I help you? [Jennifer] Who's this?

Lieutenant Briggs.

This is Mrs. Hart.

You must stop the test.

Mr. Redstone is dead. He's been murdered.

Murdered? Are you sure?

I'm positive. I just saw his body.

It's at Kendall electronics' lab.

Now please tell the admiral to stop the test, please!

Very well, Mrs. Hart.

We'll hold the countdown. You just stay right where you are.

I'll alert security.

Good.

[Controller] T-minus 8 minutes, 20.

Looks like somebody tore the guts out of the black box.

Why would they do that?

To pack it with something else.

I hate to think what.

Like a bomb?

[Sighs] It's good thing I got ahold of lieutenant Briggs.

He said they're gonna stop the countdown.

Who did you say? Lieutenant Briggs.

Mrs. Hart, I've been the admiral's aide for five months,

I've never heard of a lieutenant Briggs.

Quick!

[Tires screech]

[Controller] Pandora control to pandora one.

Stand by to begin countdown.

[Beeps] T-minus 5 and counting.

[Jonathan] Stand by, Duke.

We're about to make the defense breakthrough of the decade.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Man] Pandora one flight plan for square search is a go.

Pandora one flight plan for square search is a go.

Almost there.

Dead on schedule.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Tires screech]

[Controller] T-minus 2 minutes, 55.

[Man] Pandora one on flight track. [Phone buzzing]

[Man] Looking good, commander.

This is admiral Springfield.

[Springfield] Jonathan,

find that ghost plane for me.

We'll take his picture and have him sign it, sir.

[Indistinct chatter]

T-minus 2 minutes, 30.

[Man 2] Good, pandora one. Reading you 5-5, pandora one.

Looking good, commander.

[Tires screech]

It's all right, guard. Lieutenant Morrison, special project clearance.

[Gasps]

Well, I was coming for you, Mrs. Hart.

He... don't scream.

We're gonna collect redstone and take off in my chopper.

They'll never find either of your bodies.

Now move!

[Controller] T-minus 1 minute, 55.

[Over pa] T-minus 1 minute, 30.

T-minus 1 minute, 20.

T-minus 50 seconds.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Man 2] Pandora one on flight track.

Looking good, commander.

[Controller] T-minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six...

[Springfield] Abort! Abort!

Abort pandora!

[Jonathan] Mission aborted.

This is pandora one. Request further orders.

Jonathan.

Jennifer says to come on home.

[Violin playing]

[Jonathan] Well, here's to the Navy.

If this is a sample of Navy life,

I'm going to join up myself.

Do you think they'll let us stay together?

Maybe I could get the admiral to pull a few strings...

If I get my hair cut, that is.

Then we could have lots of intimate little dinners just like this.

Just the two of us. [Chuckles]

[Instrumental music playing]

[Theme music playing]

[Music ends]