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[upbeat swing music]

[upbeat swing music]

[tires screeching]

[tires screeching]

- Dr. Duncan?

- Dr. Duncan?

- Murdock and Stiles?

- Murdock and Stiles?

- Yes, sir.

- You know what time it is?

- You know what time it is?

- Oh, well, it was a lot of traffic coming up from La Jolla.

- Oh, well, it was a lot of traffic coming up from La Jolla.

- Uh-Huh.

Alright, let's move it.

Cast off.

Cast off.

[fast paced, dramatic music]

[fast paced, dramatic music]

[engine roaring]

[engine roaring]

- Wonder what he expects to catch with that.

- Sea bass, albacore, they come pretty big.

- Sea bass, albacore, they come pretty big.

- [Buzz] What's the big tank for?

- [Buzz] What's the big tank for?

[slow jazz music]

[slow jazz music]

- I'm Liz Penfold.

Murdock and Stiles?

Murdock and Stiles?

- Tod and Buzz.

- Tod, Buzz, Liz, Doc.

- Tod, Buzz, Liz, Doc.

Here's the beginning of four beautiful friendships.

- Amen, amen, amen, amen.

- Amen, amen, amen, amen.

- The Doc's a little salty, isn't he?

- The Doc's a little salty, isn't he?

- We have to out six miles to our marker.

We laid the line last night.

We laid the line last night.

- Is that for fish or fishermen?

- Is that for fish or fishermen?

- Haven't had to use it yet.

- Haven't had to use it yet.

- It's a big tank.

- Wanna keep 'em alive.

- Wanna keep 'em alive.

- Alive, we're catching 'em from marine land, right?

- Alive, we're catching 'em from marine land, right?

- Wrong, we only rent the boat from marine land.

And a lab and a small tank to put our animals in.

And a lab and a small tank to put our animals in.

- Animals?

What animals?

- The ones we catch.

- The ones we catch.

- And Liz, dear, what animals do we catch?

- And Liz, dear, what animals do we catch?

- Sharks.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[fast paced music]

[fast paced music]

Dr. Duncan, the ad didn't say

anything about catching sharks.

anything about catching sharks.

$50 a week, room and board, that's it, nothing about sharks.

$50 a week, room and board, that's it, nothing about sharks.

- Well, of course not,

you wouldn't have answered the ad if it had.

Just do as you're told and you'll emerge as I have

Just do as you're told and you'll emerge as I have

with the regulation number of fingers and toes.

- Well I don't know, doctor,

- Well I don't know, doctor,

I may wanna play the piano some day or spank a baby.

- Mutiny?

- Mutiny?

- Maybe.

[laughs]

- Alright, pull, Liz.

- Alright, pull, Liz.

Alright, I'll hold him.

- You can't handle it alone!

- You can't handle it alone!

- Get the syringe, get the syringe!

- Get the syringe, get the syringe!

- How can the two of you just sit there?

- How can the two of you just sit there?

- We're protesting false ads.

- If we lose these sharks, I'll shoot you both

and feed you to the fishes.

and feed you to the fishes.

- What's the big deal?

Ocean's full of sharks.

Ocean's full of sharks.

- Please, I'm begging you, we can't afford to lose them.

- Please, I'm begging you, we can't afford to lose them.

- Well, always liked a girl with spirit.

- Well, always liked a girl with spirit.

- You can also be sweet.

- You can also be sweet.

- Uh, Murdock?

- Uh, Murdock?

Put your hand right where I've got a hold of him.

Hold him tight against the side of the boat.

Hold him tight against the side of the boat.

You got him?

- Yeah.

[grunting]

[grunting]

- Give me that syringe.

- What's in the syringe?

- Anesthetic.

- Anesthetic.

That'll get him to sleep.

Alright, let's get him on board.

Alright, let's get him on board.

[grunting]

[mumbling]

[mumbling]

Alright, let's get it.

- What's the tag for?

- What's the tag for?

- That's yellow, for Tuesday.

You got it?

Alright boys, pick him up

and get him in the large tank at the back.

and get him in the large tank at the back.

That's it.

- What next, Doc?

- What next, Doc?

- Well, there are two more on the hooks.

- Well, there are two more on the hooks.

[lighthearted music]

[lighthearted music]

- Dinner?

- Dinner?

- If you do as you're told,

and I mean everything you're told, and if you don't quit.

and I mean everything you're told, and if you don't quit.

- Oh, that's blackmail.

- It sure is.

[laughing]

[laughing]

[upbeat music]

- That's fine, at good day's work.

- That's fine, at good day's work.

Alright, let's bait up and we'll head for home.

Buzz, the bait can's up front there.

Buzz, the bait can's up front there.

Tod, you put a line in the buoy, will you,

and hurry it up, I wanna get

these sharks back to the big tank.

these sharks back to the big tank.

- Tell me something, shark lady.

- Hmm?

- Hmm?

- How'd you get into this racket?

- Studied oceanography in La Jolla.

- Studied oceanography in La Jolla.

Graduated, heard about Doc and his good work and--

Graduated, heard about Doc and his good work and--

- And fell in love with him.

- Don't be silly, he's a married man.

- Don't be silly, he's a married man.

[engine whirring]

[engine whirring]

- Marv?

- Marv?

Listen, we're coming in now,

have the truck down at the pier, will you?

have the truck down at the pier, will you?

Good.

Yeah, not a bad day, we caught three blues.

Pretty darn good, as a matter of fact.

Pretty darn good, as a matter of fact.

Yeah.

Alright, we'll see you.

Alright, we'll see you.

Have another one of those?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Thank you.

- Now that we've caught 'em, Doctor, what's it all about?

- You know what coronary thrombosis is?

- You know what coronary thrombosis is?

- My father died of it.

- Oh.

- Oh.

You know what causes a thrombosis?

- Yeah, a blood clot.

- Yeah, a blood clot.

- That's right, a clot in the artery.

Now where does a clot come from?

Now where does a clot come from?

A bump in the artery.

A bump in the artery.

And what causes the bump?

Fatty deposits like cholesterol

Fatty deposits like cholesterol

under the lining of the artery.

Now there are a lot of things

about cholesterol that we don't know yet.

about cholesterol that we don't know yet.

Where does it come from, where does it go,

why can't it be stopped, once it's deposited,

why can't it be stopped, once it's deposited,

can it be removed?

You following me?

You following me?

- So far, but why sharks?

- What we do is catch the sharks

and inject them with tagged molecules.

and inject them with tagged molecules.

- So, this is research?

- So, this is research?

- Mm-Hm.

- I always thought it was with books

- I always thought it was with books

and test tubes, not guns and hooks.

[laughs]

[laughs]

- You're learn something new every day.

[laughing]

- How long you been at this?

- How long you been at this?

- About a year.

- How's it going?

- How's it going?

- Great!

[slow somber music]

[slow somber music]

Alright.

You can get your shirts off, if you want to.

You can get your shirts off, if you want to.

Let's get them into the tank.

Let's get them into the tank.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

Alright, come on, get them into the tank here.

Alright, come on, get them into the tank here.

Rock them slowly, it'll revive them.

Rock them slowly, it'll revive them.

Grab 'em behind the back of the head and the tail.

Grab 'em behind the back of the head and the tail.

Move the body like this.

We gotta keep 'em alive for six days.

We gotta keep 'em alive for six days.

- Then what?

- Then what?

- Then we kill 'em and extract the liver.

- Then we kill 'em and extract the liver.

[lighthearted, playful music]

[lighthearted, playful music]

Yes.

Just jiggle the back of their bodies.

Just jiggle the back of their bodies.

Hey, Liz, get some mackerel.

May be hungry when they wake up.

May be hungry when they wake up.

You know, you'd be surprised how delicate they are.

You know, you'd be surprised how delicate they are.

Just move 'em ahead slowly, like this.

Don't force any water down their throat, you'll drown them.

Don't force any water down their throat, you'll drown them.

That's it.

Promenade oh promenade

Na na na oh promenade

Na na na oh promenade

There we go.

[lighthearted music]

Look ma, I'm a research scientist!

Look ma, I'm a research scientist!

[car horn honks]

[car horn honks]

- Mom!

- Mom!

Hey mom, daddy's home!

- Oh! - Daddy!

- Oh! - Daddy!

[laughs]

- Hiya partner.

- Hiya partner.

- I've been waiting for you.

Where gonna work on the bridge together, aren't we?

Where gonna work on the bridge together, aren't we?

- Well, I have to go to the lab tonight, Chet.

- Please?

- It's been six days in those red tags,

- It's been six days in those red tags,

I have to see what's inside that shark, don't I, right?

Maybe afterwards we'll finish the bridge.

Maybe afterwards we'll finish the bridge.

Here.

Here I want you to meet somebody.

Here I want you to meet somebody.

This is Mr. Buzz Murdock - Alright slugger.

- And that's Mr. Tod Stiles.

- And that's Mr. Tod Stiles.

- Hi, Chet.

- Hi.

Hi, Liz.

- Hi, Chester Fester.

- Hi, Chester Fester.

- Alright everybody, let's get inside and eat.

I'm so hungry I could eat mud off a dirty spoon.

I'm so hungry I could eat mud off a dirty spoon.

- [Helen] How about sand?

- Oh, Helen, this is Mr. Buzz Murdock and Tod Stiles here.

- Oh, Helen, this is Mr. Buzz Murdock and Tod Stiles here.

This is Helen, my wife.

- Mrs. Duncan.

- Hi.

- Hi.

You want dinner?

There is no dinner.

There is no dinner.

- Oh, weren't you feeling well, dear?

- Dandy.

I cooked dinner.

I cooked dinner.

You can have it if you wanna dig it out of the garbage.

You can have it if you wanna dig it out of the garbage.

- Well we did get a late start.

- Well we did get a late start.

- Oh, that's perfectly alright.

- Oh, that's perfectly alright.

I'm not going to bother with dinners anymore.

I'm not going to bother with dinners anymore.

You can take your group into town.

There's plenty of restaurants if you have the price.

There's plenty of restaurants if you have the price.

You're embarrassed Walter, I'm sorry.

You're embarrassed Walter, I'm sorry.

Embarrassment isn't as bad as some things.

Embarrassment isn't as bad as some things.

Come on, Chet.

Come on, Chet.

- But I wanna go with dad to the restaurant.

- But I wanna go with dad to the restaurant.

- I said get in here.

[slow somber music]

[slow somber music]

[slow rhythmic music ]

[slow rhythmic music ]

[slow rhythmic music ]

[patrons chatting]

- Buy you a brandy, Doc?

- No, thank you, Tod.

- No, thank you, Tod.

Do you know living on a beach like that

Do you know living on a beach like that

can make you pretty lonesome.

can make you pretty lonesome.

My wife didn't mean to be rude.

My wife didn't mean to be rude.

- That's a nice boy, your son.

- That's a nice boy, your son.

[laughs]

[laughs]

- Well I think I'll get back to the lab.

- Well I think I'll get back to the lab.

- Well, drop me off, huh?

- Alright, Helen can show you your room.

- Alright, Helen can show you your room.

No need to be frightened, she's really a wonderful gal.

No need to be frightened, she's really a wonderful gal.

I'll see you out in the station wagon.

I'll see you out in the station wagon.

- Thank you.

- I know it'll sadden you,

- I know it'll sadden you,

but I am beat and I'm gonna be on my way.

The Doc says goodnight.

The Doc says goodnight.

- Tell him Liz says goodnight.

- I trust you'll find your way.

- I trust you'll find your way.

- There's nothing between us, wise guy.

Even Helen knows that.

Even Helen knows that.

- But I bet you wish Helen was in Salon or some place.

- But I bet you wish Helen was in Salon or some place.

- Look, will you stop it.

- Look, will you stop it.

The Doc happens to be a lot older than I am.

The Doc happens to be a lot older than I am.

I admire him.

He's a remarkable man.

He's a remarkable man.

I enjoy working with him.

Must it be the way you think?

Must it be the way you think?

- Of course not, that's why you keep shooting those eyes.

- Of course not, that's why you keep shooting those eyes.

She shouldn't be married to him.

She shouldn't be married to him.

- Oh, who should?

- The basic research man is a special kind of person.

- The basic research man is a special kind of person.

He wants to know the unknown.

He wants to peer into tiny worlds.

He wants to peer into tiny worlds.

He's a pioneer, a hero.

And the woman that marries him has to understand that.

And the woman that marries him has to understand that.

And be prepared to live on rice, if necessary.

And be prepared to live on rice, if necessary.

Doc's on a grant from the Gunther Foundation.

Do you know what his salary is?

Do you know what his salary is?

$4,000 a year.

- You like rice?

[laughs]

- Oh, shut up.

- Come on, let's dance, huh?

- No.

- No.

- No.

Well then tell me, what you be doing

if you never met the Doc?

if you never met the Doc?

- I guess I'd be off some place.

India, Japan.

India, Japan.

Wherever people are hungry, trying to feed them.

Wherever people are hungry, trying to feed them.

That's why I studied oceanography.

That's why I studied oceanography.

The ocean's a prime source of protein, you know?

The ocean's a prime source of protein, you know?

- I do?

- Well, now you do.

- Oh.

- Oh.

Come on, shark lady, we dance.

Come on, shark lady, we dance.

- Uh, just what are you trying to do?

- Uh, just what are you trying to do?

- Basic research.

Explore the unknown.

Explore the unknown.

I've never held a scientist.

- Well I ask you the question

- Well I ask you the question

that drives most basic research men crazy.

that drives most basic research men crazy.

What do you plan to discover?

- Well, I don't know until I investigate.

- Well, I don't know until I investigate.

- Coming in?

- Uh, no, I'm gonna get down to the lab and do some work.

- Thanks, Doc.

[engine roaring]

[engine roaring]

Mrs. Duncan?

- Why didn't he come in, Buzz?

- Why didn't he come in, Buzz?

- Tod, Mrs. Duncan.

- Didn't wanna look at me, Tod.

- Didn't wanna look at me, Tod.

- Mrs. Duncan, which room is mine?

- Mrs. Duncan, which room is mine?

- Gee, I'm sorry.

It's the one upstairs on the left facing the beach.

It's the one upstairs on the left facing the beach.

- Thanks.

- You see, I...

I live in a child's world all day.

I live in a child's world all day.

And I'm an adult.

And I'm an adult.

I need adults.

I need my husband.

Would you like a cup of tea?

- Yeah, thanks.

- Yeah, thanks.

- Good, come in.

[water running]

[water running]

I'm using you.

Yes, it's unfair.

Yes, it's unfair.

But I can't help it.

I hate sand.

See, on the floor, in the food, in the beds.

See, on the floor, in the food, in the beds.

I bet you don't believe that I was beautiful.

I bet you don't believe that I was beautiful.

Not just pretty, but beautiful.

Not just pretty, but beautiful.

- Yes, I believe.

- You know why I wear my hair like this?

- You know why I wear my hair like this?

Because I can cut it myself.

Because I can cut it myself.

'Cause beauty parlors cost money.

'Cause beauty parlors cost money.

Oh, he could have anything he wanted in Medicine,

Oh, he could have anything he wanted in Medicine,

anything at all.

He was cocky, sure of himself.

He was cocky, sure of himself.

He'd read the end of the book.

He'd read the end of the book.

[sniffling]

So I struggled with him.

So I struggled with him.

Who can't make sacrifices for a few years?

Who can't make sacrifices for a few years?

There's only one problem.

He got hooked on research.

So what do you say to that?

How fine.

He discovered the humanity in himself.

He discovered the humanity in himself.

Nonsense, it's a betrayal.

Nonsense, it's a betrayal.

Those sharks eat better than we do

and they know him better than we do.

and they know him better than we do.

[teapot whistling]

[sniffling]

[sniffling]

You think that I don't understand

that his work is important?

Or of what our life would be like

Or of what our life would be like

if he made a great discovery.

if he made a great discovery.

But what if he doesn't?

But what if he doesn't?

How far can one wife and one six year old boy

go without money or a relationship?

go without money or a relationship?

My husband could go into practice tomorrow and make

My husband could go into practice tomorrow and make

$30,000 a year and be home most nights of the week.

$30,000 a year and be home most nights of the week.

Would like lemon or cream?

- Oh, just sugar, please.

- Oh, just sugar, please.

- Do you know why I'm telling you all this?

- Do you know why I'm telling you all this?

- It helps to talk.

- I want you to go away.

Somebody's got to see my side of it.

Don't help him go away.

Don't help him go away.

Please go away.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[lighthearted music]

- Whoo!

- Cold, huh?

- Freezing!

How'd it go?

How'd it go?

- We ended up at the lab.

The Doc is getting ready to shoot those sharks

full of some kind of new isotope, whatever that is.

full of some kind of new isotope, whatever that is.

Should see the setup, complete with geiger counter.

Should see the setup, complete with geiger counter.

How can you make time in a lab?

How can you make time in a lab?

- Well I had a talk with Mrs. Duncan.

- Well I had a talk with Mrs. Duncan.

Rather, she had a talk with me.

She invited us to go fry other fish, take off.

She invited us to go fry other fish, take off.

Leave.

- So we find a motel.

- So we find a motel.

- No, she meant far, far away.

- No, she meant far, far away.

Stop helping Doc.

- Why?

- She puts dinner on the table at six and no Doc.

- She puts dinner on the table at six and no Doc.

Something like that.

Something like that.

She's got a story.

- Don't care what her story is, I'm staying, I like it here.

- Don't care what her story is, I'm staying, I like it here.

- Give me a cigarette.

- What are you looking for?

- What are you looking for?

- A cigarette.

[sighs]

- Helen.

The nature of nature is to break your heart,

The nature of nature is to break your heart,

trying to figure out what makes her work.

trying to figure out what makes her work.

Now, I understand your complaints.

Just for the record, I have a few complaints, too,

Just for the record, I have a few complaints, too,

spoken or unspoken.

spoken or unspoken.

Whatever my research is worth to society,

Whatever my research is worth to society,

that's what holds me together.

That justifies my having been born,

That justifies my having been born,

my continuation to live from day to day,

because I have no other justification.

because I have no other justification.

I spend not, and neither do I toil.

There's merely, do research.

- When was the last time you spent

five minutes alone with your son?

five minutes alone with your son?

How about a little research there?

How bout a couple of questions as to

why, when, what, how your son is making out.

why, when, what, how your son is making out.

- I do the best I can.

- I do the best I can.

- You're a trained doctor in a world full of sickness.

- You're a trained doctor in a world full of sickness.

- I don't wanna hear that anymore.

- I don't wanna hear that anymore.

- Nothing stands between you and the practice of medicine

- Nothing stands between you and the practice of medicine

except your own will not to.

- I will not give up doing something

- I will not give up doing something

that has meaning to me to chase dollars!

that has meaning to me to chase dollars!

- Alright.

Alright, Dr. Duncan.

Alright great man of science and dedication, alright.

Alright great man of science and dedication, alright.

I won't quarrel with you as to what

I won't quarrel with you as to what

there is in my eyes for you to see.

there is in my eyes for you to see.

But surely you don't need a microscope to read the story

of your son in his eyes every time he looks at you.

- Will you get off of my back?

- Will you get off of my back?

Both of you!

Just get off my back.

Just get off my back.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

- You know that there are some people

that shouldn't have children?

that shouldn't have children?

I'm sorry I gave him to you, I'm sorry he was ever born.

I'm sorry I gave him to you, I'm sorry he was ever born.

But we'll get off your back.

But we'll get off your back.

We'll get out of your way real soon.

- Alright, I'll take him out in the boat with me tomorrow.

- Alright, I'll take him out in the boat with me tomorrow.

- You ought to listen to me sometimes.

- You ought to listen to me sometimes.

- He'll have fun in the boat with us.

- He'll have fun in the boat with us.

[fast paced suspenseful music]

[fast paced suspenseful music]

[fast paced suspenseful music]

- Leave me alone!

Let me go!

Leave me alone!

- Chet! - Leave me alone, let me go!

- Chet! - Leave me alone, let me go!

- Chet, what it?

- Wait a minute, where are you running to

this time of night?

this time of night?

Come on, Chet, you can tell us.

We're your friends, where you going?

We're your friends, where you going?

- Please let me go.

- This is no way to run away from home.

- This is no way to run away from home.

Let's go back in and get some clothes

and some money and some sandwiches.

and some money and some sandwiches.

- I heard what she said.

She said we shouldn't have had any children.

She said we shouldn't have had any children.

[slow somber music]

[slow somber music]

- Chet, all mothers and fathers argue sometimes,

- Chet, all mothers and fathers argue sometimes,

it doesn't mean anything.

it doesn't mean anything.

It's just a lot of noise.

Chet, I know your mother loves you very much.

I know it.

I know her.

[sorrowful music]

[sorrowful music]

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

- Is that a dog fish, daddy?

- It's a blue shark, Chet.

- It's a blue shark, Chet.

- How much does he weigh?

- Oh, about 40 pounds.

- Oh, about 40 pounds.

[splash]

[splash]

[dramatic music]

- I'm okay, I'm okay, honest.

- I'm okay, I'm okay, honest.

I fell in, but I can swim.

Don't worry about me, I don't wanna get in the way.

Don't worry about me, I don't wanna get in the way.

- Now you get below and get that shirt off!

- Now you get below and get that shirt off!

Go on!

Now we lost the shark.

Chet.

- I'm sorry I lost the shark.

- I'm sorry I lost the shark.

- I know, son.

I know.

I know.

[slow somber music]

[engine roaring]

[engine roaring]

- Chet!

- Hi, mom!

- Hi, sweetheart!

- Hi, sweetheart!

Wait a minute.

Oh, thank you.

Hey, you're all wet.

Hey, you're all wet.

- I'm alright, mom.

Really, I'm fine.

- Oh, he had a little accident out there.

- Oh, he had a little accident out there.

- Oh, he had a little accident out there.

I don't know, we got too involved in the work

and took our eyes off of him for a second, just a second

and took our eyes off of him for a second, just a second

and he fell overboard.

- You got involved with work.

Now there's a big surprise.

Now there's a big surprise.

- Well it was just one of those things.

- Well it was just one of those things.

- Just one of those things?

- Just one of those things?

You take a boy out on a boat and you let him fall overboard

and it was just one of those things?

and it was just one of those things?

Give me the keys.

Give me the car keys.

[keys jingling]

Come on, Chet.

- Helen.

Helen.

Helen.

- I'm through.

I have had it.

I have had it.

You wanna get involved with work?

Alright, you can get involved with work but all by yourself.

Alright, you can get involved with work but all by yourself.

And you don't have to worry about your wife and son anymore

And you don't have to worry about your wife and son anymore

because you won't have a wife and son.

I'm gonna call my father and have him send me

I'm gonna call my father and have him send me

two one way tickets to Minnesota.

So you won't have to worry about us

So you won't have to worry about us

interfering with your work.

[slow somber music]

[slow somber music]

I'm sure he'll be glad to take care of us.

I'm sure he'll be glad to take care of us.

- Helen.

- Get in there.

- Mom!

- I don't wanna hear it, get in.

- I don't wanna hear it, get in.

- Now listen, Helen, don't you...

[engine starts]

[engine starts]

[slow rhythmic music]

[slow rhythmic music]

[patrons chatting]

You see, scientists are kooks and weirdos.

You see, scientists are kooks and weirdos.

Oh, they've done some good things, like

inventng television.

inventng television.

But of course, I wouldn't want my daughter to marry one.

But of course, I wouldn't want my daughter to marry one.

But of course, I wouldn't want my daughter to marry one.

- I drink to your success tonight, Doc.

- She'll be better off with her father.

He wants to furnish an office for me,

He wants to furnish an office for me,

thinks a doctor is some sort of sportsman

who chases dollars tallyho, $40,000 a year.

who chases dollars tallyho, $40,000 a year.

And I'm letting her go, I'm a basic research man.

And I'm letting her go, I'm a basic research man.

Oh, yeah, the things I will do

Oh, yeah, the things I will do

will stagger the imagination.

will stagger the imagination.

I think first I'll lick coronary thrombosis,

I think first I'll lick coronary thrombosis,

then I'll create a machine that'll control

the flow of molecules, that could lick cancer.

the flow of molecules, that could lick cancer.

Then I think I'll find a drug that will prevent aging.

Then I think I'll find a drug that will prevent aging.

All sorts of wonderful things.

You see, I'm a man who is important.

You see, I'm a man who is important.

Out of all proportion to his his numbers.

Out of all proportion to his his numbers.

Isn't that right, my younger shining friends?

Isn't that right, my younger shining friends?

- Right.

- Right.

- I can hear your silence, Tod.

- I can hear your silence, Tod.

Now look, if you take a kangaroo rat

Now look, if you take a kangaroo rat

and if you put him into a cage with an eagle,

and if you put him into a cage with an eagle,

and if you put him into a cage with an eagle,

no matter what that eagle does,

he's not gonna catch that rat.

he's not gonna catch that rat.

If you make one simple ablation,

one simple removal by surgery,

one simple removal by surgery,

you take away that rat's ear drums,

you take away that rat's ear drums,

you'll destroy his hearing, he's dead.

you'll destroy his hearing, he's dead.

- What about Chet, Doc?

Can you make it without Chet?

An ablation is an ablation.

An ablation is an ablation.

- Let's go kill some sharks.

- Let's go kill some sharks.

- Will it work, Doc?

- I don't know, Buzz.

[blender whirring]

[blender whirring]

I have to distill it, and then we'll see.

I have to distill it, and then we'll see.

You think I'm some kind of

cold heartless monster, don't you?

cold heartless monster, don't you?

And you think I'm some sort of a hero.

Well you're both wrong.

Well you're both wrong.

Just doing what I have to do.

- How much money do we have left in the bank?

- How much money do we have left in the bank?

- It's a nice impulse, Buzz, but forget it.

- It's a nice impulse, Buzz, but forget it.

- Why should a man like him have to make a choice like this?

It's wrong, Tod, it's wrong.

It's wrong, Tod, it's wrong.

Bus drivers make more.

He gives us his life and his salary is a punishment.

- It's not our responsibility, it's his.

- It's not our responsibility, it's his.

- What are you talking about?

She shouldn't put him in a spot like this.

She shouldn't put him in a spot like this.

- He shouldn't put her in a spot like this.

He wants to serve humanity alright,

He wants to serve humanity alright,

she's humanity and the boy is humanity.

she's humanity and the boy is humanity.

- I wanna give him the money.

- Well he won't take it.

How much time does it buy?

How much time does it buy?

In three months the same situation jumps up again.

In three months the same situation jumps up again.

- The whole world was made in six days.

- The whole world was made in six days.

[slow orchestral music]

[slow orchestral music]

[slow somber music]

[slow somber music]

Mrs. Duncan?

Mrs. Duncan?

I'd like to give you and your husband

a thousand dollars so he can continue his work.

a thousand dollars so he can continue his work.

- That's very generous of you, Buzz.

And beautiful.

And beautiful.

I thank you for it.

Well the Doc is breaking his back to do something for people

Well the Doc is breaking his back to do something for people

and I don't think he should have to worry about money.

and I don't think he should have to worry about money.

I wanna give him three months because

I'm betting he's gonna make it.

I'm betting he's gonna make it.

- Like in any good movie.

- Like in any good movie.

- Why don't you take the money,

it'll give you time to think, maybe work it out.

it'll give you time to think, maybe work it out.

- Work it out, how?

- Work it out, how?

- Well, I don't know the answer, but give it a chance.

- Well, I don't know the answer, but give it a chance.

Sometimes things happen.

Sometimes things happen.

Say it's a gamble.

Take the money, please.

Take the money, please.

- I can't Buzz, I've already called my father,

- I can't Buzz, I've already called my father,

the tickets are on the way.

- Just like that, you break it up?

- Just like that, you break it up?

- When a woman loves a man,

she sticks by him through thick and thin.

she sticks by him through thick and thin.

For better or for worse.

- She doesn't use his son as a club.

- She doesn't use his son as a club.

- Chet is no club.

- Chet is no club.

He is a fact, a rel alive boy asleep upstairs

who needs a mother and father.

who needs a mother and father.

And if he can't have both, then at least he needs a mother.

And if he can't have both, then at least he needs a mother.

Calm, relaxed mother.

Not a hysterical wreck who snaps and shouts.

Not a hysterical wreck who snaps and shouts.

- You know your husband got drunk tonight?

- You know your husband got drunk tonight?

And he was crying.

[slow somber music]

[slow somber music]

[slow rhythmic music]

[slow rhythmic music]

- We're wrong.

- Let's try a five day shock.

- Let's try a five day shock.

- Alright.

What've we got to lose, let's go.

What've we got to lose, let's go.

- Are you alright, Walter?

- Are you alright, Walter?

- Yeah, get that distilled, will you?

- Yeah, get that distilled, will you?

This is silly, it won't work.

This is silly, it won't work.

Few lousy molecules.

Few lousy molecules.

Couple lousy molecules!

[equipment crashing]

[equipment crashing]

- Doc!

[intense music]

- Oh, Doc!

- Oh, Doc!

- Doc, No!

- Doc, No!

Doc!

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

- Tallyho!

[gunshots]

[gunshots]

Tallyho!

Tallyho!

[gun clicks]

[slow forlorn music]

[slow forlorn music]

An ablation is an ablation is an ablation, Tod

An ablation is an ablation is an ablation, Tod

- Let her go, Doc.

- Let her go, Doc.

Let her go.

- She's my wife, Liz.

- She's my wife, Liz.

- That says nothing.

- I love her, Liz.

- I love her, Liz.

And that says it all.

Let's go home.

Let's go home.

You coming?

You coming?

- No.

- Liz.

- Where you going?

- Where you going?

- First stop La Jolla.

I don't know.

I don't know.

- Look Liz, I've got an available shoulder.

- Look Liz, I've got an available shoulder.

I'm a good listener and I'm volunteering with no strings.

I'm a good listener and I'm volunteering with no strings.

- Travel light and keep flexible, that's my motto.

- Travel light and keep flexible, that's my motto.

So please go away, I want to be alone.

So please go away, I want to be alone.

[slow somber music]

[slow somber music]

[sighs]

- Helen?

Helen?

Helen?

Pack my junk too, will you?

- Wally.

[crying]

[crying]

- Where's Chet?

- Where's Chet?

- He's outside.

- You know what he did, Mrs. Duncan?

- You know what he did, Mrs. Duncan?

He grabbed a gun and he climbed up

on the rim of the shark tank and he shot the sharks,

on the rim of the shark tank and he shot the sharks,

hollering, tallyho, tallyho.

hollering, tallyho, tallyho.

- Don't look so sad, boys.

- Don't look so sad, boys.

For the first time we may have a life together.

For the first time we may have a life together.

- Not together.

Side by side, not together.

Side by side, not together.

You'll go to Minnesota and Doc will open up an office,

he'll go into applied research.

A pharmaceutical think factory may be where the money is,

A pharmaceutical think factory may be where the money is,

but you'll be living with a fish out of water.

but you'll be living with a fish out of water.

- Fish came out of water and became land animals.

- That took generations, Mrs. Duncan.

- That took generations, Mrs. Duncan.

I'm not sure that Doctor can do it one lifetime.

I'm not sure that Doctor can do it one lifetime.

- Look fellas, it's a tough world,

and maybe Doc doesn't have any right

and maybe Doc doesn't have any right

to be as free as he wants to be.

- Mrs. Duncan, we have a couple of thousand dollars and--

- Mrs. Duncan, we have a couple of thousand dollars and--

- No, I don't want your money.

Now leave me alone, the job's finished,

you're not needed anymore.

you're not needed anymore.

You're fired.

[seagulls cawing]

[seagulls cawing]

- Listen, you think you've got a gripe

- Listen, you think you've got a gripe

because you have a husband that's not around all the time.

because you have a husband that's not around all the time.

Because he wraps himself up in his work

and he doesn't pay much attention to you

and he doesn't pay much attention to you

and because he doesn't make much money, right?

Okay.

That's what he owes you.

That's what he owes you.

What do you owe him?

How do you think you'd feel if you had to use

How do you think you'd feel if you had to use

all your mind a your heart and your concentration

to solve a problem and your wife was tearing you apart?

to solve a problem and your wife was tearing you apart?

Don't you think he has any right

Don't you think he has any right

to do the kind of work he wants to?

to do the kind of work he wants to?

I just wanna leave you with one thing,

you can probably tear him apart from his work, sure.

you can probably tear him apart from his work, sure.

And you can probably turn him into a doctor, sure.

And you can probably turn him into a doctor, sure.

But do you have the right to do that?

But do you have the right to do that?

He's a man.

Do you have the right to force him to be

something less than a man because all you understand

something less than a man because all you understand

is that he owes you companionship?

is that he owes you companionship?

What about the companionship and support you owe him?

What about the companionship and support you owe him?

Doesn't the marriage ceremony say,

love, honor and cherish anymore?

love, honor and cherish anymore?

[slow somber music]

[slow somber music]

- You know Chet, there's a law in science.

- You know Chet, there's a law in science.

Says that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.

Says that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.

So nothing is ever lost.

Least we found out what not to do in the project.

Least we found out what not to do in the project.

Anybody picks up on it, then he'll know what doesn't work.

Anybody picks up on it, then he'll know what doesn't work.

Won't he?

Won't he?

[slow somber music]

[slow somber music]

- You know, I have a feeling should we ever

- You know, I have a feeling should we ever

pass through Minnesota, we'll find a slick fancy pants

doctor who will give us shot in the hip for 10 bucks.

doctor who will give us shot in the hip for 10 bucks.

doctor who will give us shot in the hip for 10 bucks.

- Yeah well, I have a feeling if we should ever

pass this way again, we'll find a sandy haired character

pass this way again, we'll find a sandy haired character

in an old gray sweatshirt fishing for sharks.

in an old gray sweatshirt fishing for sharks.

- You may be right.

- You may be right.

- Well, I'm a convincing talker.

- The fixer.

- The fixer.

Come on fixer, let's make some miles.

Come on fixer, let's make some miles.

[intense, dramatic music]

[intense, dramatic music]

[fast paced swing music]

[fast paced swing music]

- [Narrator] This has been a Screen Gems film presentation.

Herbert B. Leonard, executive producer.

Herbert B. Leonard, executive producer.

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